makemehapi/exercises/routes/solution/solution.js

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const Hapi = require('hapi');

(async () => {
    try {
        const server = Hapi.Server({ 
            host: 'localhost',
            port: Number(process.argv[2] || 8080) 
        });

        server.route({
            path: '/{name}',
            method: 'GET',
            handler: function (request, h) {
                return `Hello ${request.params.name}`;
                
                // a more secure alternative is this:
                //
                // return `Hello ${encodeURIComponent(request.params.name)}`;
                //
                // encodeURIComponent escapes all characters except the following: alphabetic, decimal digits, - _ . ! ~ * ' ( )
                // see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURIComponent 
                // for more details why you should call encodeURIComponent on any user-entered parameter 
            }
        });

        await server.start();

        console.log(`Server running at: ${server.info.uri}`);
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error);
    }
})();