Can we import all node.js modules in webpack and create a bundle.js? Example what if I use http module and webpack application and bundle it and run in browser?
main.js
var http = require('http');
var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
// send output
});
server.listen(8080);
When using Node's built-in libraries with Webpack, it will automatically import a browser-compatible version when available.
You can see the entire list and matching packages in this file.
For http, you'll end up with http-browserify instead. Not everything is supported, so creating a HTTP server will not work (as this isn't possible in a browser). You can still use http to do requests as shown in the documentation.
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Ok I've been playing around with nodejs, expressjs and socket.io to create some applications. But now im coming to the stage where i want to take things a bit further.
I have noticed a few node apps using PHP for twitter auth on their client side. When I attempt to rename my client.html file to client.php and restart the server it throws up a blank page with this
Cannot GET /
How do would serve php files or would i do twitter auto using js?
This is my NodeJS server.js
var http = require('http'),
express = require('express');
var app = module.exports = express.createServer();
// Configuration
app.configure(function(){
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
});
app.listen(1234);
console.log("server started on port :1234");
As already noted, node.js itself won't interpret php files for you. Available options are:
have nginx in front of node and reverse proxy all request you want to process in node from it
proxy php requests from node to php-capable server
spawn php process on each request in node
make fastcgi link to php-fastcgi using node fastcgi protocol parser
Uh, skip PHP entirely and integrate everyauth into your app.
PHP-EXPRESS should do. Just install the package and follow the docs.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/php-express
I have installed meteor library.
I want to run an angular project which has no back-end (of static content).
I want to create a server file using node.js for static content.
Is it possible to to create that and execute ?
There is a very simple example of how to create a static server in Node.js that server static content pages,
the following code is in the myserver.js file:
var http = require('http');
var finalhandler = require('finalhandler');
var serveStatic = require('serve-static');
var serve = serveStatic("./");
var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
var done = finalhandler(req, res);
serve(req, res, done);
});
server.listen(8000)
You need to install through NPM from command line:
$ npm install finalhandler serve-static
$ node myserver.js
It's possible with Meteor, but it's an overkill.
remove the default mongo package ($ meteor remove mongo)
put all your static files into a folder called public
You're done. This way your production build won't require a MongoDB server.
But it's a lot easier to just use the http-server NPM package to setup a static file server with Node.js.
I am trying to learn the basics of node.js and socket.io. I have been using this tutorial http://tutorialzine.com/2012/08/nodejs-drawing-game/
the full code for this problem can be seen in the link above.
I can create a basic web server with node.js and get it to return hello world so I am sure that's installed correctly. However upon installing these packages
npm install socket.io#0.9.10 node-static
and setting up the serverside js as instructed
var app = require('http').createServer(handler),
io = require('socket.io').listen(app),
nstatic = require('node-static');
var fileServer = new nstatic.Server('./');
app.listen(8080);
I just get this prompt in my cmd and a constantly hanging web browser, instead of the html page that is meant to be served.I think I may have messed up an install but upon looking at the list of installed packages in npm it states both socket.io and node-static are present.
The code below should be more effective?, it looks like you are missing the handler part. The response must be explicitly ended or browser requests will hang forever like you are seeing. The node-static file.serve method manages the request once you pass it down. The source for .serve is here: https://github.com/cloudhead/node-static/blob/master/lib/node-static.js#L164
var app = require('http').createServer(handler),
io = require('socket.io').listen(app),
nstatic = require('node-static');
app.listen(8080);
var file = new nstatic.Server('./');
function handler(request, response) {
request.addListener('end', function () {
file.serve(request, response);
}).resume();
}
console.log('started')
Note also that the default file to serve to responses at / is index.html.
I downloaded express today from npm, and to my surprise, it gave me express 4.0.0 instead of express 3.x.x.
I'm trying to configure a basic server with connect logger and body parser, but I'm not having much luck.
Could someone provide me with a boilerplate app.js file using express 4.0?
Thanks!
Got it!
You can get a skeleton app using:
$ npm install -g express-generator
Alternatively, you can swap out the connect logger and body parser for their connect standalone siblings (and it might be useful for learning what each middleware does, rather than relying on the generator to throw together a bunch of dependencies you may not need):
(based on Express 3.x to 4.x Migration guide)
var express = require('express');
var server = express();
...
server.use(require('body-parser')); //previously bodyparser (or rather urlencoded/json)
server.use(require('morgan')()); //previously connect-logger
...
server.listen('3000', function() {
console.log('server started');
});
Ok I've been playing around with nodejs, expressjs and socket.io to create some applications. But now im coming to the stage where i want to take things a bit further.
I have noticed a few node apps using PHP for twitter auth on their client side. When I attempt to rename my client.html file to client.php and restart the server it throws up a blank page with this
Cannot GET /
How do would serve php files or would i do twitter auto using js?
This is my NodeJS server.js
var http = require('http'),
express = require('express');
var app = module.exports = express.createServer();
// Configuration
app.configure(function(){
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
});
app.listen(1234);
console.log("server started on port :1234");
As already noted, node.js itself won't interpret php files for you. Available options are:
have nginx in front of node and reverse proxy all request you want to process in node from it
proxy php requests from node to php-capable server
spawn php process on each request in node
make fastcgi link to php-fastcgi using node fastcgi protocol parser
Uh, skip PHP entirely and integrate everyauth into your app.
PHP-EXPRESS should do. Just install the package and follow the docs.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/php-express