zubaer-githubapi/basic_server.js

Get a list of repository of a github user

var http = require("http");
var fs = require("fs");
console.log("Starting server...");
config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./files/config.json'));
var host = config.host;
var port = config.port;
var server = http.createServer(function(request, response) {
	console.log("Recieved request: "+request.url);
	fs.readFile("./public/"+request.url, function(error, data) {
		if(error) {
			response.writeHead(404, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
			response.end("Sorry! the page wasn't found.");
		} else {
			response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
			response.end(data);
		}	
	});
});

server.listen(port, host, function() {
	console.log("Listening "+host+":"+port);
});

fs.watch('./files/config.json', function() {
	config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./files/config.json'));
	var host = config.host;
	var port = config.port;
	server.close();
	server.listen(port, host, function() {
		console.log("Listening "+host+":"+port);
	});
});