Basic Barebones "Raw" node.js server

Barebones-node-server.js

//definitely barebones -- using node's native http.createServer

require('http').createServer((req, res) => {
    let statusCode = 404
    let data = {status: 404}
    const chunks = []
    
    req.on('error', (err) => {
        console.error(err);
    })
    
    req.on('data', (chunk) => {
        chunks.push(chunk.toString())
    })
    
    req.on('end', () => {
        
        const payload = chunks.join('')

        if (req.method === 'GET' && req.url === '/') {
            statusCode = 200
            data = {hello: "world"}
        }

        if (req.method === 'POST' && req.url === '/echo') {
            statusCode = 200
            data = JSON.parse(payload)
        }

        const body = JSON.stringify(data)
        
        res.writeHead(statusCode, {
            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
            'Content-Length': body.length
        })

        res.end(body);
    })
}).listen(3000);

/*
Of course, this makes a lot of assumptions about the data you're posting -- and will die in a fire if you pass it invalid json.

And that's just two routes - I suppose this is why frameworks exist.

Don't be a food + re-invent the wheel, use Express !
*/