node api

http.js

var http = require('http');

// list all status codes 
http.STATUS_CODES

var server = http.createServer(function(req, res){
		// get header info
		console.log(req.headers);
		
		//get method
		console.log(req.method);
		
		//get url
		console.log(req.url);
		
		console.log('listen');
		res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type':'text/plain'});
		res.end('okay');
});


server.listen(9990, function(){
	console.log('listen');
});

server.on('connect', function(){
	console.log('on connect');
});

var postData = querystring.stringify({name: 'harish', city: 'NY'});
 
var options = {
	hostname: 'www.google.com',
	port: '80',
	path: '/upload',
	method: 'POST',
    headers: {
		'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
		'Content-Length': postData.length
	}
};

var req = http.request(options, function(res){
	res.setEncoding('utf-8');
	res.on('data', function(chunk){
		console.log(chunk);	
	});	
});


req.on('error', function(e){
	console.log('I got an error ', e);
});

req.write(postData);
req.end();

// specifically GET request
http.get("http://www.google.com/", function(res) {
	console.log("Got response: " + http.STATUS_CODES[ res.statusCode ]);
}).on('error', function(e) {
	console.log("Got error: " + e.message);
});