nodejsHow to get request data in HTTP server
const http = require('http');
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
let data = '';
req.on('data', chunk => {
data += chunk;
});
req.on('end', () => {
res.end(data);
});
});
server.listen(82, '127.0.0.1');ctrl + crequire('http')import module to work with | http.createServercreates HTTP server |
req.on(handle specific http event | on('data'handle data receiving with specified callback |
data += chunkcollect all post data chunks into single | on('end'handle event when request has finished |
res.end(data);send data in response to client and finish | server.listenlaunch server on a given port and hostname |
Usage example
curl http://127.0.0.1:82/ --data "123"output
123Related
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