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<p> Testing web server coding with http module!</p>
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var http = require("http");
var fs = require("fs");
var url = require("url");
// Create server
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
// Parse the directory/file name after the url
var pathname = url.parse(request.url).pathname;
console.log("Request for " + pathname + " received!");
// If the file name is empty, set it to index.html
if (pathname == "/") {
pathname = "/index.html";
}
// Read the file
fs.readFile(pathname.substr(1), function(error, data) {
if (error) {
console.log(error);
// 1) When the page is not found
// HTTP Status: 404 : NOT FOUND
// Content Type: text/plain
response.writeHead(404, { "Content-Type": "text/html" });
} else {
// 2) When the page is found
// HTTP Status: 200 : OK
// Content Type: text/plain
response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
// Read the file and write to responseBody
response.write(data.toString());
}
// Send responseBody
response.end();
});
}).listen(8081);
console.log('Server currently running at http://127.0.0.1:8081/ !');$ node server.js
Server currently running at http://127.0.0.1:8081/ !Request for / received!
Request for /favicon.ico received!
{ [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'favicon.ico']
errno: -2,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'open',
path: 'favicon.ico' }
Request for /showmeerror received!
{ [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'showmeerror']
errno: -2,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'open',
path: 'showmeerror' }
Request for /index.html received!var http = require('http');
// Set HTTP Request options
var options = {
host: 'localhost',
port: '8081',
path: '/index.html'
};
// Receive the Response using a Callback function
var callback = function(response) {
// When a response event is detected, receive data into the body
var body = '';
response.on('data', function(data){
body += data;
});
// When an end event is detected, finish receiving data and print the content
response.on('end', function(){
// Data reception complete!
console.log(body);
});
// Send an HTTP Request to the Server~!
var request = http.request(options, callback);
request.end();
}$ node client.js
<html>
<head>
<title>HTTP server test</title>
</head>
<body>
<p> Testing web server coding with http module!</p>
</body>
</html>