// do not delete this handy little supporting function
let formatres = (res, output, statusCode) => {
	
	// kill the global database connection
	if (connection != undefined &&  
		typeof(connection)=='object' &&  
		typeof(connection.end())=='object'  ){
		connection.end();
	}

	res.statusCode = statusCode;
	res.body = JSON.stringify(output);
	return res;	
}