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JavaScript Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js HTTP Methods and Headers Dealing with the POST Body

Austin Tindle
Austin Tindle
8,821 Points
Posted by Austin Tindle
Austin Tindle
8,821 Points

Where are we 'require'ing from?

I understand that when we require a local js file, it's being taken from our local project files. But when we require a something from the Node API, where is it coming from? Are they all included somewhere on the local filesystem when I installed node?

Caleb Frieze
Caleb Frieze
29,582 Points

Yes! Exactly! They are a part of the node installation.

2 Answers

Austin Tindle
Austin Tindle
8,821 Points
Austin Tindle
Austin Tindle
8,821 Points

According to Caleb, and after some further digging, the Node modules such as 'fs' are included in the initial installation.

Thomas Katalenas
Thomas Katalenas
11,033 Points
Thomas Katalenas
Thomas Katalenas
11,033 Points

using buffers I think from an international level we deffinitely don't use many foreign protocols like we should. 

const buf = new Buffer(26);
for (var i = 0 ; i < 26 ; i++) {
  buf[i] = i + 97; // 97 is ASCII a
}
buf.toString('ascii');
  // Returns: 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
buf.toString('ascii',0,5);
  // Returns: 'abcde'
buf.toString('utf8',0,5);
  // Returns: 'abcde'
buf.toString(undefined,0,5);
  // Returns: 'abcde', encoding defaults to 'utf8'