For example I have a server.js

'use strict';
var http, bunyan, config;

config   = require('config');
http     = require('http');
bunyan   = require('bunyan');

//require('./routes/'); ?

process.env.TZ = 'UTC';
process.env.NODE_ENV =  process.env.NODE_ENV || 'staging';
var environment   = config.get('environment');

var log = bunyan.createLogger({
  name        : 'index',
  level       : 'debug',
  stream      : process.stdout,
  });

var server = http.createServer(function (request, response) {
  response.writeHead(200,
  {'Content-Type'   : 'text/plain'});
});

server.on('error', function(error){
  log.error('Errored with the message: ',error);
  process.exit(1);
});

server.listen(environment.port);
log.info(process.env.NODE_ENV);
log.info('Server running at :'+environment.port+'/');

I have three controllers Blog, Todo and Auth It is trivial to do this in restify, express or hapi but how do I write routing file without using any npm packages?

Do I need to write require(./routes)(server) ? and then function routes(server) {} module.exports = routes ?

Is there a more readable way?

For example I have a server.js

'use strict';
var http, bunyan, config;

config   = require('config');
http     = require('http');
bunyan   = require('bunyan');

//require('./routes/'); ?

process.env.TZ = 'UTC';
process.env.NODE_ENV =  process.env.NODE_ENV || 'staging';
var environment   = config.get('environment');

var log = bunyan.createLogger({
  name        : 'index',
  level       : 'debug',
  stream      : process.stdout,
  });

var server = http.createServer(function (request, response) {
  response.writeHead(200,
  {'Content-Type'   : 'text/plain'});
});

server.on('error', function(error){
  log.error('Errored with the message: ',error);
  process.exit(1);
});

server.listen(environment.port);
log.info(process.env.NODE_ENV);
log.info('Server running at http://0.0.0.0:'+environment.port+'/');

I have three controllers Blog, Todo and Auth It is trivial to do this in restify, express or hapi but how do I write routing file without using any npm packages?

Do I need to write require(./routes)(server) ? and then function routes(server) {} module.exports = routes ?

Is there a more readable way?

• javascript
• node.js

• can I ask why? Is it only for learning puposes – omarjmh Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 0:25
• I wrote a node program without framework, as I don't need it all the other functionalities they offer. but having problems with routes, right now all I have is require('./../controllers/1.js'); – Kenichi Shibata Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 0:31
• 1.js is not a function but rather an extension code, because I cant figure out how to do routing :D – Kenichi Shibata Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 0:31
• 1 There are no routes without middleware, you'd have to parse the URL's yourself inside the createServer callback and figure out what to do. – adeneo Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 0:37

1 Answer 1

You need to also import url to parse the url, then check the path. From there you can send back what you want, in the code below it is an image from a file:

Note this is basically what adeneo has stated in the ment above!

http.createServer(function (request, response) {
  var path = url.parse(request.url, true).pathname;

  if (request.method === 'POST') {
    if (path === '/hifive') {
      response.writeHead(200,{'Content-Type':'image/jpg'});
      fs.readFile(__dirname + '/assets/hifive.jpg', function(err, data) {
        if (err) console.log(err);
        response.end(data, 'utf-8');
      })
    }
    else {
     response.end(404);
   }
 }