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This document explains how to create a simple Node.js web server that handles HTTP requests. It discusses importing the HTTP module, creating a server using createServer(), listening for requests on a port, handling requests by checking the URL and sending responses by setting headers and a body. An example server code is provided that returns different HTML responses depending on the requested URL.

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Create Node - Js Web Server

This document explains how to create a simple Node.js web server that handles HTTP requests. It discusses importing the HTTP module, creating a server using createServer(), listening for requests on a port, handling requests by checking the URL and sending responses by setting headers and a body. An example server code is provided that returns different HTML responses depending on the requested URL.

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Node.js Web Server

In this section, we will learn how to create a simple Node.js web server and handle HTTP requests.

To access web pages of any web application, you need a web server . The web server will handle
all the http requests for the web application e.g IIS is a web server for ASP.NET web applications
and Apache is a web server for PHP or Java web applications.

Node.js provides capabilities to create your own web server which will handle HTTP requests
asynchronously. You can use IIS or Apache to run Node.js web application but it is recommended
to use Node.js web server.

Create Node.js Web Server

Node.js makes it easy to create a simple web server that processes incoming requests
asynchronously.

The following example is a simple Node.js web server contained in server.js file.

server.js  Copy

var http = require('http'); // 1 - Import Node.js core module

var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) { // 2 - creating server

//handle incomming requests here..

});

server.listen(5000); //3 - listen for any incoming requests

console.log('Node.js web server at port 5000 is running..')

In the above example, we import the http module using require() function. The http module is a
core module of Node.js, so no need to install it using NPM. The next step is to call createServer()
method of http and specify callback function with request and response parameter. Finally, call
listen() method of server object which was returned from createServer() method with port number,
to start listening to incoming requests on port 5000. You can specify any unused port here.

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Run the above web server by writing node server.js command in command prompt or terminal
window and it will display message as shown below.

C:\> node server.js


Node.js web server at port 5000 is running..

This is how you create a Node.js web server using simple steps. Now, let's see how to handle HTTP
request and send response in Node.js web server.

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Handle HTTP Request

The http.createServer() method includes request and response parameters which is supplied by
Node.js. The request object can be used to get information about the current HTTP request e.g.,
url, request header, and data. The response object can be used to send a response for a current
HTTP request.

The following example demonstrates handling HTTP request and response in Node.js.

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var http = require('http'); // Import Node.js core module

var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) { //create web server


if (req.url == '/') { //check the URL of the current request

// set response header


res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' });

// set response content


res.write('<html><body><p>This is home Page.</p></body></html>');
res.end();

}
else if (req.url == "/student") {

res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' });


res.write('<html><body><p>This is student Page.</p></body></html>');
res.end();

}
else if (req.url == "/admin") {

res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' });


res.write('<html><body><p>This is admin Page.</p></body></html>');
res.end();

}
else
res.end('Invalid Request!');

});

server.listen(5000); //6 - listen for any incoming requests

console.log('Node.js web server at port 5000 is running..')

In the above example, req.url is used to check the url of the current request and based on that it
sends the response. To send a response, first it sets the response header using writeHead()
method and then writes a string as a response body using write() method. Finally, Node.js web
server sends the response using end() method.

Now, run the above web server as shown below.

C:\> node server.js


Node.js web server at port 5000 is running..

To test it, you can use the command-line program curl, which most Mac and Linux machines have
pre-installed.

curl -i http://localhost:5000

You should see the following response.

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/plain
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 03:05:08 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
This is home page.

For Windows users, point your browser to http://localhost:5000 and see the following result.

Node.js Web Server Response

The same way, point your browser to http://localhost:5000/student and see the following result.

Node.js Web Server Response

It will display "Invalid Request" for all requests other than the above URLs.

Sending JSON Response

The following example demonstrates how to serve JSON response from the Node.js web server.

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var http = require('http');

var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {

if (req.url == '/data') { //check the URL of the current request


res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
res.write(JSON.stringify({ message: "Hello World"}));
res.end();
}
});

server.listen(5000);

console.log('Node.js web server at port 5000 is running..')

So, this way you can create a simple web server that serves different responses.

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