Node.js post method is failing with 500 error - node.js

Question

I am new to node.js. I am developing node js application using VS 2015. Below is my server code (app.js)
In one of routes (trains.js) I defined a simple post method like below. Thing is it is working fine from localhost. But once I deploy to azure websites, POST method is throwing Internal server error.
Can some one help me with this? Please let me know if you need any further details.
//Here is my app.js
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var socketio = require('socket.io');
var global = require('./routes/globals.js');
GLOBAL._ = require('lodash');
GLOBAL.KEY = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
var availability = require('./routes/availability');
var fare = require('./routes/fare');
var stations = require('./routes/stations');
var pnr = require('./routes/pnr');
var route = require('./routes/route');
var trains = require('./routes/trains');
var app = express();
app.socket = socketio();
// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
//app.use(favicon(__dirname + '/public/favicon.ico'));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(require('stylus').middleware(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
app.use('/availability', availability);
app.use('/fare', fare);
app.use('/stations', stations);
app.use('/pnr', pnr);
app.use('/route', route);
app.use('/trains', trains);
// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function (req, res, next) {
var err = new Error('Not Found');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});
// error handlers
// development error handler
// will print stacktrace
if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
app.use(function (err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
message: err.message,
error: err
});
});
}
// production error handler
// no stacktraces leaked to user
app.use(function (err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
message: err.message,
error: {}
});
});
app.socket.on('connection', function (socket) {
socket.on('message', function (msg) {
console.log('Message Received: ', msg);
socket.broadcast.emit('message', msg);
});
});
global.io = app.socket;
module.exports = app;
//Here is my train.js
var express = require('express');
var http = require('http');
var router = express.Router();
var utils = require("./utils.js");
var global = require('./globals.js');
router.get('/', function (req, res) {
var options = {
host: 'www.xxxxxxx.com',
path: '/test/xxxxxx/'
};
var parameters = {
fscode : 'xxxx',
tscode: 'xxxx',
//date: '',
//'class': '',
//orderby: '',
format: 'json',
pbapikey: '9xxxxxxxxa'
};
options.path += utils.getQueryString(parameters);
options.path += "pbapisign/" + utils.getHmacSHA1Signature(parameters);
callback = function (response) {
var data = "";
response.on('data', function (chunk) {
data += chunk;
});
response.on('end', function () {
console.log(data);
res.send(data + "<h1>" + utils.hello() + "</h1>");
});
}
http.request(options, callback).on('error', function (error) {
console.log(error);
res.status(400).send(error.Message)
}).end();
});
router.post('/check', function (req, res) {
// console.log('Request -', req);
// console.log('Response -', res);
var data = {
request : "HELLO",
response: "VAMSI"
}
global.io.sockets.emit('NEW_CONTACT', data);
res.status(200).send('NEW DATA').end();
});
module.exports = router;

Answer 1

It seems that your code has not any obvious bug.
So if you can share some information for more detail, such as for error or deployment, I think it's helpful for investigating the issue.
Meanwhile, please try to install NTVS for your VS2015 and follow the wiki page Advanced Debugging - Remote Debugging on Windows Azure to debug your application.