gistfile1.js

var sys  = require('sys');
var http = require('http');
var url  = require('url');

require('./lib/MooTools');

var Controllers = {

	helloworld: {
		echo: function(params,extraPath) {
			return extraPath.capitalize();
		}
	}

};

var RequestHandler = {

	routeRequest: function(path, params) {

		var path = path || "";
		var path = path.replace(/^\//, '');

		var split = path.split('/');

		var controller = split[0];
		var command    = split[1];
		var extraPath  = split.slice(2).join('/');

		var response = '';
		if (path.contains('.')) {
			response = 'File not found: '+path;
		} else if (!Controllers[controller]) {
			sys.puts("Can't find controller.");
			response = "Controller not found: "+controller;
		} else {
			sys.puts("Routing to controller object.");
			response = Controllers[controller][command](params, extraPath);
		}

		sys.puts("GET: "+path);
		sys.puts("Controller is "+controller+", command is "+command+".");
		sys.puts("Response is: "+response);

		if (!response) response = 'no response';

		return {
			body: response 
		};
		
	}

};

http.createServer(function(request, result) {
	var params   = url.parse(request.url, true);
	var response = RequestHandler.routeRequest(params.pathname, params.query);
	if (!response) response = {};
	if (!response.body) response.body = ':(';
	result.writeHead(200, {
		'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
		'Content-Length': response.body.length
	});
	result.write(response.body);
	result.end();
}).listen(8000);

sys.puts("Now listening on port 8000.");