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+import express, { Application, Request, Response } from "express";
+import mongoose, { CallbackError } from "mongoose";
+import v1Router from "./routes/v1";
+import { sendError } from "@utils/error";
+import cors from "cors";
+
+const MONGOOSE_STRING = process.env.MONGOOSE_STRING || "mongodb://localhost:27017";
+
+const app: Application = express();
+const port: number = parseInt(process.env.SERVER_PORT || "8025");
+const isDevelopment: boolean = process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production";
+
+// Configure backend
+app.disable("x-powered-by");
+app.use(cors());
+app.use(express.json());
+
+// Configure routers
+app.use("/api/", v1Router); // <- Newest
+
+app.use("/api/v1/", v1Router);
+
+app.use("/api/*", (req: Request, res: Response) => sendError(res, 404, 0, "The provided route could not be found"));
+
+// Start the backend
+const run = () =>
+    app.listen(port, () => console.log(`LicenseAPI ${isDevelopment ? "development" : "production"} server started under port ${port}`));
+
+// Connect to database
+mongoose.connect(MONGOOSE_STRING).then(() => {
+    console.log(`Successfully connected to the database @${MONGOOSE_STRING.split("://")[1].split("/")[0]}`);
+    run();
+}).catch((error: CallbackError) => {
+    if (error) throw new Error(`Could not connect to database: ${error.message}`);
+});
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