Node.js pristine server template

gistfile1.js

var http = require('http'),
  url = require('url'),
  qs = require('querystring');

var paths = {
  '__default__': function (req, res) {
      console.log('noop');
      res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
      res.end();
  },

  '/-': function (req, res) {
    req.addListener('data', function (chunk) { req.body += chunk; });

    req.addListener('end', function () {
      console.log('here is our full body: ' + req.body);
      req.url.query = (req.method === 'GET') ? req.body : '';
      req.body = qs.parse(req.body);

      res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
      res.end('Thanks!\n');
    });
  },
};

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  //URI format - scheme://domain:port/path?query_string#fragment_id
  req.setEncoding('utf8');
  req.body = '';
  req.url = url.parse(qs.unescape(req.url));
  
  var f = paths[req.url.pathname] || paths['__default__'];
  f.call(this, req, res);
});

if (!module.parent) {
  app.listen(4000);
  console.log("Node server listening on port %d", app.address().port);
}