Kitura "Hello world": /ping

main.swift

import Kitura
import SwiftyJSON

let router = Router()

router.get("/ping") { _, response, next in
    // see http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-31/tr35-dates.html#Date_Format_Patterns
    let date = Date()
    let formatter = DateFormatter()
    formatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_GB")
    formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
    response.status(.OK).send(json: JSON(["ack" : formatter.string(from: date)]))

    next()
}

Kitura.addHTTPServer(onPort: 8090, with: router)
Kitura.run()