In rails I do a POST request to my server:
response = Typhoeus::Request.post("http://url.localtunnel.com/request?from=ola&to=ole")
result = JSON.parse(response.body)
In the Node.js app, I want to read From
and To
:
app.post '/request', (req,res) ->
console.log "I have received a request, sweet!!"
sys.log req.params.from
#sys.log "From: " + req.from + ", To: " + req.to + ", Id: " + req.id
How do I do it?
Thanks
The answer is:
Checks query string params (req.query), ex: ?id=12
Something like this:
var http = require('http'), url = require('url');
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type":"text/plain"});
var _url = url.parse(request.url, true);
response.write("Hello " + _url.query["from"] + "!\n"); // etc: _url.query["to"]...
response.close();
}).listen(8000);
url.parse
is a key point... Or you can use querystring.parse(urlString)
You can read more at http://nodejs.org docs section.