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May 9, 2017 00:28
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HTTP echo server using node.js and express
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| { | |
| "name": "mock-http-server", | |
| "version": "1.0.0", | |
| "description": "", | |
| "main": "server.js", | |
| "scripts": { | |
| "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1" | |
| }, | |
| "author": "", | |
| "license": "ISC", | |
| "dependencies": { | |
| "express": "^4.15.2" | |
| } | |
| } |
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| var express = require('express'); | |
| var http = require('http'); | |
| var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); | |
| var app = express(); | |
| app.use(bodyParser.text({ | |
| type: function(req) { | |
| return 'text'; | |
| } | |
| })); | |
| app.post('/post', function (req, res) { | |
| console.log(req.body); | |
| res = res.status(200); | |
| if (req.get('Content-Type')) { | |
| console.log("Content-Type: " + req.get('Content-Type')); | |
| res = res.type(req.get('Content-Type')); | |
| } | |
| res.send(req.body); | |
| }); | |
| http.createServer(app).listen(7000); |
Thanks for sharing! it works for me to help to identify an issue.
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It's actually a little tricky to have express not try to do something with the POST body of a request. I had to use the bodyParser.text function and define a custom type that evaluates all incoming content as
textthus ending around usage of the type-is library.