POST request handle

zzagtung · Dec 13, 2011 · 18b5b5e · 18b5b5e
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diff --git a/requestHandlers.js b/requestHandlers.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-var exec = require("child_process").exec;
+var querystring = require("querystring");
 
-function start(response) {
+function start(response, postData) {
   console.log("Request handler 'start' was called.");
   var body = '<html>'+
     '<head>'+
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ function start(response) {
   response.end();
 }
 
-function upload(response) {
+function upload(response, postData) {
   console.log("Request handler 'upload' was called.");
   response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
-  response.write("Hello Upload");
+  response.write("You've sent the text: " + querystring.parse(postData).text);
   response.end();
 }
 

diff --git a/router.js b/router.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-function route(handle, pathname, response) {
+function route(handle, pathname, response, postData) {
     console.log("About to route a request for " + pathname);
     if (typeof handle[pathname] === 'function') {
-        return handle[pathname](response);
+        return handle[pathname](response, postData);
     }
     else {
         console.log("No request handler found for " + pathname);

diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
@@ -3,10 +3,19 @@ var url = require("url");
 
 function start(route, handle) {
     function onReqeust(request, response) {
+    	var postData = "";
         var pathname = url.parse(request.url).pathname;
         console.log("Reqeust for " + pathname + " received.");
+
+        request.setEncoding("utf8");
 
-        route(handle, pathname, response);
+        request.addListener("data", function(postDataChunk) {
+        	postData += postDataChunk;
+        	console.log("Received POST data chunk '" + postDataChunk + "'.");
+        });
+        request.addListener("end", function() {
+        	route(handle, pathname, response, postData);
+        });
     }
 
     http.createServer(onReqeust).listen("8888");