express js servre code example

Example 1: node js express

basic server

const express =require('express');
const app = express();
const PORT = 5000;


app.get('/',(req,res)=>{
   res.json({message: 'Welcome to the backend'})
})


app.listen(PORT ,()=>console.log(`Connected to ${PORT}`)

Example 2: express and node

// Load HTTP module
const http = require("http");

const hostname = "127.0.0.1";
const port = 8000;

// Create HTTP server 
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {

   // Set the response HTTP header with HTTP status and Content type
   res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
   
   // Send the response body "Hello World"
   res.end('Hello World\n');
});

// Prints a log once the server starts listening
server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
   console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
})