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# assignment_build_a_nodejs_server
Building your first Node.js server and exploring the request and response objects
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+Brian Gallagher
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+var http = require('http');
+var fs = require('fs');
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+var port = 3000;
+var host = 'localhost';
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+var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+ fs.readFile('./public/index.html', 'utf8', function(err, data) {
+ if (err) {
+ res.writeHead(404);
+ res.end("404 Not Found");
+ } else {
+ res.writeHead(200, {
+ "Content-Type": "text/html"
+ console.log(String.prototype.replace(req));
+ console.log(JSON.stringify(req.pre));
+ });
+ res.end(data);
+ }
+ });
+});
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+server.listen(port, host, function() {
+ console.log(`Listening at http://${ host }:${ port }`);
+});
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+ Hello Node.js Server!
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+ Hello Node.js Server!
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