Originally it was here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11818691/775359
Piece of working code
(I'm sure it will help)
Well... Many things have changes since then and I believe it is worth keeping things up to date :)
Last active
September 18, 2017 01:45
-
-
Save stefek99/b10ed037d2a4a323d638 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Old answer (removed from StackOverflow)
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
| var express = require('express'); | |
| var app = express(); | |
| app.use(express.bodyParser()); // Required for parsing POST | |
| app.get('/', function(req, res){ | |
| res.send('Hello World'); | |
| }); | |
| app.get('/home', function(req,res){ | |
| console.log(__dirname); | |
| res.sendfile(__dirname + '/init.html'); | |
| }); | |
| app.post('/request', function(req, res){ | |
| console.log("received POST: app.post('/request', function(req, res){ ... }") | |
| console.log("req.param: " + req.param("email")); | |
| console.log("req.body: " + req.body); | |
| console.log("req: " + req); //[object Object] | |
| // TypeError: Converting circular structure to JSON | |
| // console.log("req (stringify)" + JSON.stringify(req)) | |
| var myResponse = {thank : "you"}; // Received JSON - need reply with JSON | |
| res.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/html"); | |
| res.write(JSON.stringify(myResponse)); | |
| res.end(); | |
| console.log("response sent"); | |
| }); | |
| app.listen(3001); | |
| console.log('Listening on port 3001'); |
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
| <title>Init</title> | |
| <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script> | |
| <script> | |
| $(document).ready(function() { | |
| $("#login-button").click(function(event) { | |
| email = $("#email").val(); | |
| console.log("submitting " + email); | |
| event.preventDefault(); | |
| //var data = {imie: email}; | |
| //console.log(data); | |
| $.ajax({ | |
| type: 'POST', | |
| dataType: 'json', | |
| url: 'request', | |
| data: {email : "[email protected]"}, | |
| beforeSend: function(){console.log("sending: " + this.data);}, | |
| success: function(msg) { | |
| console.log("success handler"); | |
| console.log(msg); | |
| }, | |
| error:function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError){ | |
| console.log(xhr.status); | |
| console.log(thrownError); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| }); | |
| }); | |
| </script> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <input type="text" id="email" value="[email protected]"></input> | |
| <input type="submit" value="Send me your name!" id="login-button"> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment