Appcelerator Titanium Node.ACS Post Example

config.json

{
    "routes": [ {
        "path": "/",
        "callback": "application#index"
    }, {
        "path": "/getData",
        "method": "post",
        "callback": "services#getData"
    } ],
    "filters": [ {
        "path": "/",
        "callback": ""
    } ],
    "websockets": [ {
        "event": "",
        "callback": ""
    } ]
}

index.js

$.tf.addEventListener('return', function(e){
	makeNodeCall($.tf.value);
});

function makeNodeCall(value) {
	var url = "https://608eb7d2d47544a1b4fb97e08423659aef06e396.cloudapp-enterprise.appcelerator.com/getData";
	
	if(Titanium.Network.networkType == Titanium.Network.NETWORK_NONE){
		Ti.API.info("index: makeNodeCall() - No Network");
		alert("No Network");
		return;
	}
	
	var xhr = Titanium.Network.createHTTPClient({
		onload: function() {	
			$.label.text = this.responseText;
		},
		onerror: function(e) {
			alert("Error with API");
		},
		timeout: 10000,
	});
	
	xhr.open("POST", url);
	xhr.send({data: value});
}

$.index.open();

index.xml

<Alloy>
	<Window class="container" layout="vertical">
		<TextField id="tf" top="50" hintText="Enter text" color="black" left="10" width="Ti.UI.FILL"/>
		<Label id="label" top="50" left="10" color="red" />
	</Window>
</Alloy>

services.js

function getData(req, res) {
	res.send(req.body.data+' is what you entered');
};