server.js

var sys  = require('sys'), 
    http = require('http'),
    fs   = require('fs'), 
    couchdb = require('./lib/couchdb'),
    client  = couchdb.createClient(5984, 'localhost'), 
    db   = client.db('chat');

function chat(port) {
    this.createServer(port);
}

chat.prototype = {

    createServer: function(port) {
        var self = this;
        http.createServer(function(rq, rs) { self.handleRequest(rq, rs) }).listen(port);
        sys.print("server running on port " + port + "\n");
    },

    handleRequest: function (req, res) {
        sys.print("incoming request\n");
        res.params = req.url.substr(1).split('/');
        sys.p(this);
        if (res.params[0] == undefined || res.params[0] == 'files') {
            sys.print("Handler: file\n");
            this.handleFileRequest(req, res);
        }
        else if (res.params[0] == 'data') {
            sys.print("Handler: data\n");
            this.handleDataRequest(req, res);
        }
    },

    handleFileRequest: function(req, res) {
        var file = null;
        sys.print("handleFileRequest:\n");
        if(res.params.length == 0) {
            file = 'index.html';
        }
        if(res.params.length >= 2) {
            file = './' + res.params.slice(1).join('/');
        }
        sys.print("    " + file);
        res.writeHead(404);
        res.end();

    },

    handleDataRequest: function(req, res) {
        res.writeHead(404);
        res.end();
    }

}


new chat(8000);