A quick node.js HTTP debug server

debugserver.js

// associated blog post here: http://objectivesea.tumblr.com/post/9883454476/node-js-as-an-http-debug-server

var http = require('http');

var echoStore = ''; // put initial value here, will be replaced with the contents of any put or post request.

var server = http.createServer(function (request, response) {
    var data = '';

    request.on('data', function (chunk) {
      data += chunk;
    });

    request.on('end', function() {
		console.log("recieved http " + request.method + " request " + request.url);
		if (request.method != "GET") {
	    	echoStore = data; // save the data.
		}
    });
    
/*    
	// on post or put, redirect to a GET of the same resource (this is RESTful behaviour)
    if (request.method == "POST" || request.method == "PUT") {
        console.log("Post request, sending redirect in response");
    	response.writeHead(301, {'Location': request.url});
 		response.end('');
 		return;
    }
*/ 

    response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}); // change this if your service outputs xml or html.
    response.end(echoStore);
}).listen(3030, "127.0.0.1");


console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3030/');