Simple Node.js HTTP listener that logs POST contents to STDOUT.
Deploy to Heroku using the following steps:
- Clone this repo
cd polis.js- Install the Heroku Toolbelt
heroku loginheroku creategit push heroku master
For more help check out how to get started with Node.js on Heroku.
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]:
npm install
node polis.js
A successful startup will show the following output:
Listening to port 9000
Returning status code 200
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
Ctrl-C
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
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.
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.
MIT