start server js nodejs 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("<h1 style='text-align: center;'>Hello,<br />from the Express.js server!</h1>");
})

// About page
server.get('/about', (req, res) => {
  return res.send('<h2 style="text-align:center">About us</h2>');
})

// 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: create node js server

import express from 'express';
const server = express();

const port = 8080;

server.get('/', (req, res) => {
  return res.send('Hello, Express.js!');
})

server.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`Server is running on port ${port}`);
});