Question

I am trying to use express to get and post time from a url browser. Here is my code:

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var url = require('url');

function parsetime (time) {
return {
hour: time.getHours(),
minute: time.getMinutes(),
second: time.getSeconds()
};
}

function unixtime (time) {
return { unixtime : time.getTime() };
}

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
var parsedUrl = url.parse(req.url, true);
var time = new Date(parsedUrl.query.iso);
var result;

if (/^\/api\/parsetime/.test(req.url))
result = parsetime(time);
else if (/^\/api\/unixtime/.test(req.url))
result = unixtime(time);

if (result) {
console.log(200, 'OK Success');
res.end(JSON.stringify(result));
} else {
console.log(404, 'Page not found');
res.end();
}
})
app.listen(3000);

however I am getting an error

Answer 1

it is not res.end but it is res.send() fundtion to send response back to client

and another this i have tested the endpoint and also added demo test point for just checking pupose

it is working and please do check my comment

var express = require('express');

var app = express();

var url = require('url');

function parsetime(time) {

    return {

        hour: time.getHours(),

        minute: time.getMinutes(),

        second: time.getSeconds()

    };

}

function unixtime(time) {

    return { unixtime: time.getTime() };

}

app.get('/', function (req, res) {

    console.log("in get ////")

    var parsedUrl = url.parse(req.url, true);

    var time = new Date(parsedUrl.query.iso);

    var result;

    // an not sure what it test method doing but it is not going to

    // if block it always goinf to else

    if (/^\/api\/parsetime/.test(req.url))

        result = parsetime(time);

    else if (/^\/api\/unixtime/.test(req.url))

        result = unixtime(time);

    console.log("result = "+result);

    if (result) {

        console.log(200, 'OK Success');

        // send with status code

        res.send(200, JSON.stringify(result));

    } else {

        console.log(404, 'Page not found');

        // send the json response

        res.send(404, {"msg":'page not found'});

    }

})

// test endpoint added you can test it by http://localhost:3000/test

app.get('/test', function(req, res){

    res.send(200, {"msg":"Helloo"});

})

app.listen(3000);

console.log('Server started on localhost:3000.......');

// OUTPUT

Please do let me know if u have any concern...