add API setup

api/index.js

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+var express = require('express');
+var app = express();
+
+// set the view engine to ejs
+app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
+
+// use res.render to load up an ejs view file
+
+// index page
+app.get('/', function(req, res) {
+  res.render('index');
+});
+
+app.listen(8080);
+console.log('Server is listening on port 8080');