ConnectBoiler.js

var http = require('http');
var url = require('url');

var activeState = "0";
var reqCounter = 0;

var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
	
	console.log("____________________________");
  	console.log("URL:", decodeURIComponent(req.url));
	console.log("Method: ", req.method);
	console.log("Body:", req.body);
	
	var url_parts = url.parse(req.url, true);
	var query = url_parts.query;
	
	req.addListener("data", function(data) {
			var encoded = new Buffer(data, 'binary').toString('utf8');
			console.log("Encoded Data: ", encoded);
		});
	
	console.log("QueryString: ", query);
	
	for(var item in req.headers) {
	    console.log(item + ": " + req.headers[item]);
	}
	
	var randomNumber = getRandomInt(0, 2000);
	if (randomNumber < 100) {
		randomNumber = randomNumber * 1000000;
	}	
	setInterval(function() {
		res.writeHead(200);
		if (url_parts.search.substring(1) != ""){
			activeState = url_parts.search.substring(1);
		}
	     res.end(activeState);
		reqCounter = reqCounter + 1;
		console.log("Request No.", reqCounter, " |  Active State: ", activeState);
	},randomNumber);
});

server.listen(8080);

function getRandomInt (min, max) {
    return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
}