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# assignment_build_a_nodejs_server
Building your first Node.js server and exploring the request and response objects
+Hi.. This is Lakshmi Maduri!
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+var http = require('http');
+var fs = require('fs');
+
+
+var hostname = 'localhost';
+var port = 3000;
+
+////Node server sends back "Hello world!" :) - (this code works!)
+
+// var server = http.createServer((req, res)=>{
+// res.writeHead(200, {
+// 'Content-Type':'text/plain'
+// });
+// res.end("Hello World!");
+// });
+//
+// server.listen(port, hostname, ()=>{
+// console.log(`Server is listening at ${hostname}:${port}`);
+// });
+
+//Displaying request and response data
+var server = http.createServer((req, res)=>{
+ fs.readFile('./public/index.html', 'utf-8', function(err, data){
+ if(err){
+ res.writeHead(404);
+ res.end("File Not Found");
+ }else{
+ var reqObj = {
+ url:req.url,
+ method:req.method,
+ version:req.httpVersion,
+ header:req.headers
+ };
+ var new_req_str = JSON.stringify(reqObj, null, 2);
+ data = data.replace("{{ req }}", new_req_str);
+ var resObj = {
+ statusMessage:res.statusMessage,
+ statusCode:res.statusCode,
+ _header:res._header
+ };
+ var new_res_str = JSON.stringify(resObj, null, 2);
+ data = data.replace("{{ res }}", new_res_str);
+ res.writeHead(200,{
+ 'Content-Type':'text/html'
+ });
+ res.end(data);
+ }
+ });
+});
+
+server.listen(port, hostname, ()=>{
+ console.log(`Server is listening at ${hostname}:${port}`);
+ });
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+
+ Node js sends back hello!
+
+
+
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+
Response:
+
{{ res }}
+