kai/node-listerner.js

Simple Node.js HTTP listener that echos POST contents.

polis.js

Simple Node.js HTTP listener that logs POST contents to STDOUT.

Production

Deploy

Deploy to Heroku using the following steps:

• Clone this repo
• cd polis.js
• Install the Heroku Toolbelt
• heroku login
• heroku create
• git push heroku master

For more help check out how to get started with Node.js on Heroku.

Usage

Once the server is running, make sure you can visit it with a browser:

heroku open

Next, you can use cURL to test it out.

curl -d 'Hello, World' <url>

NOTE: Get the url from the heroku create call above or by running heroku domains.

You can check the logging works properly with heroku logs. You'll see something like:

2013-09-19T19:39:52.998597+00:00 app[web.1]: Logging POST request:
2013-09-19T19:39:52.998597+00:00 app[web.1]: Headers:
2013-09-19T19:39:52.998926+00:00 app[web.1]:   'user-agent': 'curl/7.24.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.0) libcurl/7.24.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8x zlib/1.2.5',
2013-09-19T19:39:52.998926+00:00 app[web.1]: { 'x-request-start': '1379619592981',
2013-09-19T19:39:52.998926+00:00 app[web.1]:   'x-forwarded-proto': 'https',
2013-09-19T19:39:52.998926+00:00 app[web.1]:   'x-forwarded-for': '75.71.173.170',
2013-09-19T19:39:52.998926+00:00 app[web.1]:   host: 'polisjs.herokuapp.com',
2013-09-19T19:39:52.998926+00:00 app[web.1]:   'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
2013-09-19T19:39:52.998926+00:00 app[web.1]:   'content-length': '12',
2013-09-19T19:39:52.998926+00:00 app[web.1]:   connection: 'close',
2013-09-19T19:39:52.998926+00:00 app[web.1]:   accept: '*/*' }
2013-09-19T19:39:52.998926+00:00 app[web.1]:   'x-forwarded-port': '443',
2013-09-19T19:39:52.999561+00:00 app[web.1]: Body:
2013-09-19T19:39:52.999602+00:00 app[web.1]: Hello, World
2013-09-19T19:39:52.999716+00:00 app[web.1]:

Development

Requirements

• Homebrew
• npm
• Node.js (0.12.4)
  • brew install node
• Sleep (1.1.1)
  • Installed with NPM next.

Installing

• npm install

Running

node polis.js

A successful startup will show the following output:

Listening to port 9000
Returning status code 200

Usage

Once the server is running, you can use cURL to test it out.

curl -d 'Hello, World' localhost:9000

This will result in the following output:

Logging POST request:
Headers:
{ 'user-agent': 'curl/7.24.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.0) libcurl/7.24.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8x zlib/1.2.5',
  host: 'localhost:9000',
  accept: '*/*',
  'content-length': '12',
  'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }
Body:
Hello, World

Quitting

Ctrl-C

Configuration

Port

If the environment variable $PORT is set, the server will listen on that port. Other wise, it will listen on port 9000. To change the port the server will listen to: PORT=<your port number> To change the default port, modify LISTENING_PORT in the code.

If you're like me, you'll likely be running another web app, which will be listening on $PORT. So when you try to start polis.js, you'll get an error. You can start it up with a custom port from the command line quite easily, though.

PORT=9000 node polis.js

Status Code

The server currently returns a 200 HTTP status code by default. To make the server return another status code, simply change STATUS_CODE in the code.

Timeout

The server currently does not wait before responding. To make the server sleep before it gives a response, change SECONDS_TO_SLEEP in the code. This can be useful if testing that the calling code times out after so many seconds.

LICENSE

MIT