simple web server with node.js code example
Example 1: create server with node js
const express = require('express');
const server = express();
const PORT = 3000;
// Homme page
server.get('/', (req, res) => {
return res.send("Hello,
from the Express.js server!");
})
// About page
server.get('/about', (req, res) => {
return res.send('About us');
})
// 404 page
server.use((req, res, next) =>{
res.status(404);
// respond with html page
if (req.accepts('html')) {
res.sendFile(__dirname + '/error404.html');
return;
}
// respond with json
else if (req.accepts('json')){
res.send({
status: 404,
error: 'Not found'
});
return;
}
// respond with text
else {
res.type('txt').send('Error 404 - Not found');
}
});
server.listen(PORT, () => {
console.log(`Server is running on port ${PORT}`);
});
Example 2: how to create a server in node js
// code by VARSHITH REDDY SATTI
// to create a server in node.js you should.
var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
res.write("write html code to display you test")
res.end();
}).listen(8080);
// save this as httpServer.js
// run this by typing node httpServer.js in the command line
// to acess your server got to http://localhost:8080