Basic HTTP server

index.js

const http = require('http');

// Create a local server to receive data from
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {

    console.log(req.url)
    console.log(req.method)

    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });

    if (req.method === "GET" && req.url == "/test") {
        res.end(JSON.stringify({
            data: 'Hello World!'
        }));
    }

    if (req.method === "POST" && req.url == "/test") {
        let body = [];
        req.on('data', (chunk) => {
            console.log(chunk)
            body.push(chunk);
            body = Buffer.concat(body).toString()
            console.log(JSON.parse(body))
        })
        res.end(JSON.stringify({
            data: 'Hello World!'
        }));
    }



});

server.listen(8000);

// https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/anatomy-of-an-http-transaction/
// https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#httpcreateserveroptions-requestlistener