how to parse a request in a node.js server built on net module

Question

We are building a server with net module, and having hard time extracting the URL (and resource path) from the request. The following code crashes, saying:

Parameter 'url' must be a string not undefined.

File netServer.js:

var net = require('net');
var url = require('url');

var server = net.createServer(function(socket) { //'connection' listener

   socket.on('connect', function(request) {
   });

  socket.on('data', function(request) {
      var pathname = url.parse(request.url).pathname;
      console.log("Request for " + pathname + " received.");

  });

  socket.on('end', function() {

  });

});
server.listen(8080, function() { //'listening' listener
    console.log('server bound');
});

Any suggestions?

beatgammit · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-07 19:15:19Z

2

Are you trying to build an HTTP server? net is a TCP package, so all you get is the remoteAddress and remotePort, the rest will be sent on the data handler (which is just passed a Buffer, or a string, depending on the encoding).

Use the HTTP module for this, because it does all of the parsing for you.

answered Dec 7, 2011 at 19:15

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