gistfile1.js

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

http.createServer(function (request, response) {

	// Get the query
	var query = url.parse(request.url, true).query.q;

	mysql.query(query, function(e, r) {
		response.send(r);
	})

}).listen(8888);