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Simple Servers

Basic Server

server-basic.js
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'use strict'
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const http = require("http")
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let count = 0
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http.createServer(function(req, res) {
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const message = `Received ${++count} requests so far`
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console.log(message)
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res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "text/plain" })
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res.end(message)
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})
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.listen(8080)
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Run it: node server-basic.js
Test it: curl http://localhost:8080

Server with Pause

server-pause.js
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'use strict'
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const http = require('http')
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http.createServer(function (req, res) {
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res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' })
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res.write('hello\n')
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setTimeout(function () {
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res.end('world\n')
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}, 2 * 1000)
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}).listen(8080)
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​
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Run it: node server-pause.js
Bench it: ab -n 100 -c 100 http://localhost:8080/

Echo Server

server-echo.js
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'use strict'
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const net = require('net')
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net.createServer(function (socket) {
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socket.write('Talk to me.\n')
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socket.on('data', function (data) {
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socket.write(data.toString().toUpperCase())
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})
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}).listen(8080)
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Run it: node server-echo.js
Talk with it: nc localhost 8080

Chat Server

server-chat.js
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'use strict'
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// Application
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const net = require('net')
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let sockets = []
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net.createServer(function (socket) {
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sockets.push(socket)
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socket.write('Talk to me.\n')
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​
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socket.on('data', function (data) {
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for (let i = 0; i < sockets.length; ++i) {
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sockets[i].write(data)
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}
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})
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​
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socket.on('end', function () {
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const index = sockets.indexOf(socket)
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sockets = sockets.slice(0, index).concat(sockets.slice(index + 1))
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})
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}).listen(8080)
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Run it: node server-chat.js
Talk with it: nc localhost 8000

Supplemental

Echo Server with Transform Stream

server-echo-transform.js
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'use strict'
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class UC extends require('stream').Transform {
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_transform (data, encoding, next) {
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next(null, data.toString().toUpperCase())
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}
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}
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class Reverse extends require('stream').Transform {
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_transform (data, encoding, next) {
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next(null, data.toString().split('').reverse().join(''))
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}
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}
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require('net').createServer(function (socket) {
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socket.write('Talk to me.\n')
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socket.pipe(new UC()).pipe(new Reverse()).pipe(socket)
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}).listen(8080)
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Run it: node server-echo-transform.js
Talk with it: nc localhost 8080

Chat Server with Extras

server-chat-extra.js
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'use strict'
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// Application
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const net = require('net')
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let count = 0
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const sockets = {}
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function broadcast (message) {
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for (const key in sockets) {
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if (sockets.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
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sockets[key].write(message)
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}
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}
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}
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net.createServer(function (socket) {
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sockets[socket.index = count++] = socket
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socket.write('Hello user ' + socket.index + '\n')
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broadcast('User ' + socket.index + ' joined\n')
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socket.on('data', function (data) {
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broadcast('User ' + socket.index + ' says: ' + data.toString())
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})
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socket.on('end', function () {
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delete sockets[socket.index]
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broadcast('User ' + socket.index + ' left\n')
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})
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}).listen(8080)
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Run it: node server-chat-extra.js
Talk with it: nc localhost 8080
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Contents
Basic Server
Server with Pause
Echo Server
Chat Server
Supplemental
Echo Server with Transform Stream
Chat Server with Extras