Node.js server with http get json

Question

I want to create a simple Node.js server to do the following :

With my application I just do the command http.get(Node.Js_Server_address/json) to get the json file data stored on my server.

Could please help me with a tutorial? Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

This is very simple example of node.js server:

var app = require('./app');
var http = require('http');
var server = http.createServer(app);

server.listen(8080, function() {
    console.log("listening to: http://127.0.0.1:8080");
});

// routing
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    res.sendfile(__dirname + '/index.html');
});

there is a nice tutorial here and here ... you can use npm to install node.js and all the packages that you need for it. hope it helps.

Answer 2

There are lots of examples on this topic, i think you should make some googling before next time. You can create a REST server via express module of nodeJs. In your server folder use npm install express to download express module. You can get more information about express from here . After that create a server.js file in your server folder.In server.js

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var PORT = 8080;
/* req stands for request, res stands for response */
app.get('/json',function(req,res){
    res.json(yourData);
})

app.listen(PORT,function(){
    console.log('Express is listening port:' + PORT + '!');
})

So this should do the work. Let me know if this helps you.