Logic for missing json files

api/server.js

@@ -3,10 +3,52 @@ const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
 const cors = require("cors");
 const fs = require("fs");
 
-const links = require('../src/links.json');
+
+try {
+    var links = require('../src/links.json');
+} catch(err) {
+    let body = `{
+        "bookmarks" : [
+	  {
+	    "category": "Example",
+	    "links": [
+	      {
+	        "name": "Gitea",
+		"url": "https://home.halfaperture.com/gitea"
+	      }
+	    ]
+	  }
+        ]
+    }`;
+    fs.writeFileSync('../src/links.json',body);
+    var links = require('../src/links.json');
+}
+
+try {
+    var personaldata = require('../src/personaldata.json');
+} catch(err) {
+    let body = `{
+	"fname":"",
+	"lname":"",
+	"email":""
+    }`;
+    fs.writeFileSync('../src/personaldata.json',body);
+    var personaldata = require('../src/personaldata.json');
+}
+
+if (fs.existsSync('../src/apps.json')) {
+	console.log("apps.json exists");
+}else {
+    let body = `{
+       	"apps" : [
+       	    {"name":"Example","url":"your.site.com/example","icon":"web","urlbase":"/Example","NSFW":"SAFE"}
+       	]
+    }`;
+    fs.writeFileSync('../src/apps.json',body);
+}
+
 const providers = require('../src/providers.json');
 const themes = require('../src/themes.json');
-const personaldata = require('../src/personaldata.json');
 const messages = require('../src/messages.json');
 
 // initializing app
@@ -20,8 +62,8 @@ var jsonParser = bodyParser.json();
 app.get("/sui/api/apps", (req, res) => {
     fs.readFile('../src/apps.json', (err, data) => {
         if (err) throw err;
-        let test = JSON.parse(data);
+	let apps = JSON.parse(data);
-        res.status(200).send(test.apps);
+        res.status(200).send(apps.apps);
     });
     
 });
@@ -58,4 +100,4 @@ app.post("/sui/api/appUpdate", jsonParser, (req, res) => {
 // app is listening on port 5000
 app.listen(5000, () => {
     console.log("node server is running on port 5000");
-});
+});