myserver.alexcthomas18/static.js

My first server

var fs = require('fs');
var http = require('http');
var url = require('url');
var ROOT_DIR = "html/";
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  var urlObj = url.parse(req.url, true, false);
    
    if(urlObj.pathname.indexOf("getcity") != -1) {
		console.log(urlObj);
		console.log("In GetCity");
		fs.readFile("cities.dat.txt", function(err,data) {
			if (err) throw err;
			var cities = data.toString().split("\n");
			var jsonresult = [];
			var myRex = new RegExp("^"+urlObj.query["q"]);
			for (var i = 0; i < cities.length; i++) {
				var result = cities[i].search(myRex);
				if(result != -1) {
					console.log(cities[i]);
					jsonresult.push({city:cities[i]});
				}
			}
			console.log(jsonresult);
			console.log(JSON.stringify(jsonresult));
			res.writeHead(200);
			res.end(JSON.stringify(jsonresult));
		});
	} else {
		fs.readFile(ROOT_DIR + urlObj.pathname, function (err,data) {
		if (err) {
		  res.writeHead(404);
		  res.end(JSON.stringify(err));
		  return;
		}
		res.writeHead(200);
		res.end(data);
		});
	}
}).listen(80);