/** * This file provided by Facebook is for non-commercial testing and evaluation * purposes only. Facebook reserves all rights not expressly granted. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL * FACEBOOK BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ var fs = require('fs'); var path = require('path'); var express = require('express'); var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); var app = express(); var COMMENTS_FILE = path.join(__dirname, 'comments.json'); app.set('port', (process.env.PORT || 3000)); app.use('/', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'))); app.use(bodyParser.json()); app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true})); // Additional middleware which will set headers that we need on each request. app.use(function(req, res, next) { // Set permissive CORS header - this allows this server to be used only as // an API server in conjunction with something like webpack-dev-server. res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*'); // Disable caching so we'll always get the latest comments. res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache'); next(); }); app.get('/api/comments', function(req, res) { fs.readFile(COMMENTS_FILE, function(err, data) { if (err) { console.error(err); process.exit(1); } res.json(JSON.parse(data)); }); }); app.post('/api/comments', function(req, res) { fs.readFile(COMMENTS_FILE, function(err, data) { if (err) { console.error(err); process.exit(1); } var comments = JSON.parse(data); // NOTE: In a real implementation, we would likely rely on a database or // some other approach (e.g. UUIDs) to ensure a globally unique id. We'll // treat Date.now() as unique-enough for our purposes. var newComment = { id: Date.now(), author: req.body.author, text: req.body.text, }; comments.push(newComment); fs.writeFile(COMMENTS_FILE, JSON.stringify(comments, null, 4), function(err) { if (err) { console.error(err); process.exit(1); } res.json(comments); }); }); }); app.listen(app.get('port'), function() { console.log('Server started: http://localhost:' + app.get('port') + '/'); });