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+import express from 'express';
+import http from 'http';
+import cors from 'cors';
+import 'dotenv/config';
+
+import { record, workflow, storage } from './routes';
+import { BrowserPool } from "./browser-management/classes/BrowserPool";
+import logger from './logger'
+import { SERVER_PORT } from "./constants/config";
+import {Server} from "socket.io";
+
+const app = express();
+app.use(cors());
+app.use(express.json());
+
+const server = http.createServer(app);
+
+/**
+ * Globally exported singleton instance of socket.io for socket communication with the client.
+ * @type {Server}
+ */
+export const io = new Server(server);
+
+/**
+ * {@link BrowserPool} globally exported singleton instance for managing browsers.
+ */
+export const browserPool = new BrowserPool();
+
+app.get('/', function (req, res) {
+    return res.send('Welcome to the BR recorder server :-)');
+});
+
+server.listen(SERVER_PORT, () => logger.log('info',`Server listening on port ${SERVER_PORT}`));