Node.js

node.js prompt

How to exit

.exit

http server

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo_B4LTHi3I

First create a js file

var http = require('http');

var s = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  res.write('Hello \n');
  setTimeout(function() {
    res.end("world\n");
  }, 2000);
});

s.listen(8000);

Then using node program to run the js script. We can test the program by using a web browser or curl program.

# Terminal 1
node web-server.js

# Terminal 2
curl http://localhost:8000
OR use "-i" to include HTTP-header in the output
curl -i http://localhost:8000

tcp server

Simple example

Create <tcp-server.js> file

var net= require('net')

var server = net.createServer(function(socket) {
  socket.write('hello\n');
  socket.end('world\n');
});

server.listen(8000);

After running this program, we can test it by using telnet or nc.

telnet localhost 8000
OR
nc localhost 8000

Echo server

var net= require('net')

var server = net.createServer(function(socket) {
  socket.write('hello\n');
  socket.write('world\n');

  socket.on('data', function(data) {
    socket.write(data);
  });
});

server.listen(8000);