gistfile1.js

var connect = require('connect'),
    sys = require('sys');

if( 0 ) {
// this works 
module.exports = connect.createServer(
    function(req, resp) { 
            sys.puts('json request');
            req.setEncoding('utf8');
            var body = '';
            req.addListener('data', function(data) {
                sys.puts('data'+ data);
                body += data;
            });
            req.addListener('end', function() {
                sys.puts('done'+ body);
                resp.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
                resp.end( "done" );
            });
            sys.puts('here');
    }
);
} else {
// this doesnt execute the listeners 
module.exports = connect.createServer(
    connect.router(function(app) {
        app.post('/posttest', function(req, resp, params) {
            sys.puts('json request');
            req.setEncoding('utf8');
            var body = '';
            req.addListener('data', function(data) {
                sys.puts('data'+ data);
                body += data;
            });
            req.addListener('end', function() {
                sys.puts('done'+ body);
                resp.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
                resp.end( "done" );
            });
            sys.puts('here');
        });
    })
);
}