node tutorial

node-tutorial.js

const http = require("http");
const url = require('url');
const server = http.createServer();

let messages = [
  {"id": 1,
   "user": "brittany storoz",
   "message": "hi there!"
 },
  {"id": 2,
   "user": "bob loblaw",
   "message": "check out my law blog"
 },
  {"id": 3,
   "user": "lorem ipsum",
   "message": "dolor set amet"
 }
];


server.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('The HTTP server is listening on Port 3000');
});

server.on('request', (request, response) => {
  if (request.method === 'GET') {
    getAllMessages(response)
  } else if (request.method === 'POST') {
    let newMessage = { 'id': new Date() };

    request.on('data', (data) => {
      messages.push(JSON.parse(data))
      newMessage = Object.assign(newMessage, JSON.parse(data));
    });

    request.on('end', () => {
      addMessage(newMessage, response);
    })
  }
});

const getAllMessages = (response) => {
  response.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" });
  response.write(JSON.stringify(messages));
  response.end();
}

const addMessage = (newMessage, response) => {
  response.writeHead(201, {"Content-Type": "application/json"})
  response.write(JSON.stringify(newMessage));
  response.end();
}