A simple in-memory database

server.js

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

var data = {};
http.createServer(function(req, res){
	//use querystring module on query strings and stores in 'query' object
	var parseUrl = url.parse(req.url, true, true);
	var statusCode = 404;
	var content = "404 - Not Found"

	if(parseUrl.pathname === "/set"){
		console.log("Inserting value into database");
		statusCode = 200;

		//assign new query object's contents. don't forget previous state of 'data'
		Object.assign(data,parseUrl.query,data);
		content = "Data inserted";
	}else if(parseUrl.pathname === "/get"){
		console.log("Retrieving value from database");
		statusCode = 200;

		//get search key
		searchKey = parseUrl.query.key;
		content = data[searchKey];
	}	

	res.writeHead(statusCode,{"Content-Type":"text/plain"});
	res.end(content);
}).listen(4000);

console.log("Started DB server...");