Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
res
.
end
();
});
}
function
send404
(
res
) {
res
.
writeHead
(
404
);
res
.
write
(
'404 - page not found'
);
res
.
end
();
}
Creates the server. Whenever a browser requests a page from port
9090
, the func-
tion
servepage
is called.
Instructs the server to begin listening on port
9090
.
When
servepage
is called,
req
contains the path to the page being requested.
This code extracts the path to the page.
readFile
reads the entire page being requested.
Be sure the page is there; if not, send the famous
404
error.
Write the page to the web browser.
Add the HTML in
Example 6-1
to a file called
test.html
in the
serverExample
directory,
and then run this:
bone#
cd serverExample
bone#
chmod +x server.js
bone#
./server.js
Listening on 9090
