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Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points
Posted by Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

node.js server

Hi,

When publish your node.js project would you still use the createServer() or is this for developing only?

would this be put online?

const http = require('http');

const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
const port = 3000;

const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  res.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(port, hostname, () => {
  console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
});
Phillip Kerman
Phillip Kerman
Courses Plus Student 285 Points
Phillip Kerman
Phillip Kerman
Courses Plus Student 285 Points

Yes--it's not as if "createServer" creates a permanent server though may be intuitive. If this file is named server.js you can first do: node server.js Then launch your browser to http://127.0.0.1:3000/ (and see Hello World).

As soon as you kill the process (like "ctrl+c" or close the command line), you won't see anything when your browser goes to http://127.0.0.1:3000/.

Is that what you mean?