Code for creating the POST route - Cardinal Solutions ALF blog post

post-route.js

app.post(new RegExp(routePatterns.post), function(request, response) {
    var service = request.params[0];
    
    console.log('ServicesController: Received request to create new ' + service + ' instance /w request=' + request + '...');
    
    // Validate the request
    if (!validate(request)){
        return errorResponse(response, 'Missing or invalid query parameters');
    }

    if (properties.testMode){
        return testModeResponse(response);
    }
    
    var projectName = request.body.name;
    var users = request.body.users;
    var createScript = properties[service].createScript;
    
    console.log('ServicesController: Creating ' + service + ' instance for "' + projectName + '" with users ' + users);
    
    var cmd = properties.baseDir 
        + '/' + createScript 
        + ' ' + projectName
        + ' ' + users;

    console.log('Creating ' + service + ' command: '  + cmd);
    
    executeCommand({
        projectName: projectName,
        cmd: cmd,
        service: service,
        response: response
    });
   
});