Simple Node.js HTTP listener that outputs POST contents to a file.
I'm not sure how to deploy this to Heroku and write to a file on there. See my polis.js for use on Heroku.
- Node.js (0.10.17) -
brew install node - Sleep (1.1.1) -
npm install sleep
node folis.js
A successful startup will show the following output:
Listening to port 9000
Returning status code 200
Once the server is running, you can use cURL to test it out.
curl -d 'Hello, World' localhost:9000
This will result in the following content in requests.json:
{"1":"Hello, World"}
Ctrl-C
If the environment variable $PORT is set, the server will listen on that port.
Other wise, it will listen on port 9000. To change the port the server will
listen to: PORT=<your port number> To change the default port, modify
LISTENING_PORT in the code.
If you're like me, you'll likely be running another web app, which will be listening on $PORT. So when you try to start folis.js, you'll get an error. You can start it up with a custom port from the command line quite easily, though.
PORT=9000 node folis.js
The server currently returns a 200 HTTP status code by default. To make the
server return another status code, simply change STATUS_CODE in the code.
The server currently does not wait before responding. To make the server sleep
before it gives a response, change SECONDS_TO_SLEEP in the code. This can be
useful if testing that the calling code times out after so many seconds.
The server currently waits 5 seconds after it receives the last request
before it writes to a file. To make the server wait a different length of
time, change DISK_WRITE_DELAY in the code.