HTTP Request In Node.js

Here we are request a server with defined host and port to get a response from server. This is basically created by callback function (non-blocking). Also here I mentioned some modules. The modules can be explained in coming posts.

// Importing the HTTP module from node_module

var http = require("http");

// Print some text to check the start

console.log("Starting");

// Host and Port Address

var host = "127.1.1.1";

var port = 1337;

/* Creating a callback function which fired every single request that contain the url from client request and response is similar as request. here we are importing the createServer class from http module(http.createServer)*/

var server = http.createServer(

function(request,response){

console.log("Received request: " + request.url);

response.writeHead(200,{"Content-type":"text/plain"});

response.end("Hello");

}

);

//Server Listening

server.listen(port,host,

function(){

console.log("listening " + host + ":" + port);

}

);

After completing this code ,

1) Go to project directory using terminal

2) command : node fileName.js

3) If the server starts Go to web browser and  type http://127.0.0.1:1003

4) you will get the “Hello” in browser.