webview server

clmserver.coffee

http = require 'http'
_ = require 'underscore'

clm = require './clm.json'

requestHandler = (request, response) ->
  id = request.url.match /\/(\d+)/

  message = 'No record found'
  if id and id[1]
    record = _.findWhere clm.data, id: Number id[1]   # unsure why I need to coerce this to a number
    if record
      message = "<h1>#{record.q}</h1> <p>#{record.a}</p>"
  response.end message

server = http.createServer requestHandler
port = process.env.PORT or 8000

server.listen port, (err) ->
  if (err) then console.log err
  console.log "server is listening on #{port}"