An esay way to accept GET or POST variables on a node.js server is the sample show below:
var fu = require("./fu"),
sys = require("util"),
url = require("url"),
qs = require("querystring");
var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
fu.get("/entrar", function (req, res) {
// ------ condition to chech if call are POST o GET
if(req.method=="POST") {
var body="";
req.on("data", function (data) {
body +=data;
});
req.on("end",function(){
var variables = qs.parse(body);
var pathname = url.parse(req.url).pathname;
//rest of code - this function is executed when all the variables are received
});
req.on("error",function(e){
//console.log('problem with request: ' + e.message);
});
}
else if(req.method=="GET") {
var variables = url.parse(req.url, true).query;
var pathname = url.parse(req.url).pathname;
//rest of code - We have no wait variables like POST request
}
// end condition post o get
return ;//"ok:
});
In this case this funcion works with POST and GEt request, on the GET request case, there is no problem to get the variables with the function: url.parse(req.url, true).query;
as you can see, the trick in a POST request is the instruction: req.on( when the variables “POST” are fully recived , then req.on(“end”,function(){}) are executed.
remember that node.js is an asyncronous envirovment and the function req.on is executed after main function end.
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