Overview

A sample node js express http server which exposes REST methods like GET, POST, DELETE in a HTTP port

Install Node.js

Install Node.js from https://nodejs.org/en/download/ I have installed it using Windows Installer (.msi) 64-bit (https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.10.0/node-v6.10.0-x64.msi) for my windows desktop

Open Node.js command prompt

Open Node.js command prompt so that it picks up the node executable start(windows) --> All Programs --> Node.js --> Node.js command prompt

Checkout project from Github

You probably might be aware of Github, so you can ignore and goto next step but if you are new to github, To go to your workspace and checkout the project from github $ cd C:\workspace
$ git clone https://github.com/devarajanv/node-js-express-http-server.git

Install Express for http methods

$npm install express --save

Edit/Run the javascript

Edit/Run the javascript file(http-server.js). This creates a JSON document, inserts it into MarkLogic Database(Documents Database) by making a REST API interface call. $ node http-server.js

Output

Example app listening at http://:::8082 To Verify this output, please make a REST call in your browser or any REST Client(Like Postman, SoapUI) and goto

GET http://localhost:8082/

Output will be 200 Success response code with this message below: Hello GET

FAQ or Frequently faced errors

If you have run this command $node http-server.js ahead of installing dependencies for node.js, then you'll get this error. Error: Cannot find module 'express' at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:469:15) at Function.Module._load (module.js:417:25) at Module.require (module.js:497:17) at require (internal/module.js:20:19) at Object. (C:\workspace\node-js-express-http-server\http-server.js:4:15) at Module._compile (module.js:570:32) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10) at Module.load (module.js:487:32) at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12) at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)