DAY 3
● Server in Nodejs
● Server – A server is a Person who communicates with clients
● Analogy → server = waiter
● Analogy → chef = database
● A server is a computer program that's responsible for preparing and
delivering data to other computers
● web pages, images, videos, or any additional information
SERVER
JSON: JavaScript Object Notation
● Imagine you're sending a message to your friend, and you want to include
information like your name, age, and a list of your favorite hobbies.
● You can't just send the message as is,
● you need to organize the information in a way that both you and your friend
understand.
● JSON is a bit like this organized format for exchanging data between
computers.
● JSON is a lightweight
● Structured and organized Data because
● in most contexts, JSON is represented as a string
{
"name": "Alice",
"age": 25,
"hobbies": ["reading", "painting", "hiking"]
}
● Inter Conversion JSON to an Object in Node.js:
const jsonString = '{"name": "John", "age": 30, "city": "New York"}';
const jsonObject = JSON.parse(jsonString); // Convert JSON string to object
console.log(jsonObject.name); // Output: John
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const objectToConvert = { name: "Alice", age: 25 };
const jsonStringified = JSON.stringify(objectToConvert); // Convert object
JSON string
console.log(jsonStringified); // Output: {"name": "Alice", "age":25}
● ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE OF WEB FLOW
● What are API and Endpoints?
● Imagine a menu card in a restaurant
● Lots of options are there, each option will give you a different order
● Now, collection of that list = Menu card = API’s
● And an option in that list = Endpoint
● And the waiter only understood whatever things are written on the menu
card
● Create a server
● Creating a server in NodeJs via express package
● Express.js is a popular framework for building web applications and APIs
using Node.js.
● When you create an Express.js application, you're setting up the
foundation for handling incoming requests and defining how your
application responds to them.
● Now we are going to create a server == waiter
● Now the waiter has his own home?
In simple terms, "localhost" refers to your own computer. After creating a
server in NodeJS, you can access your environment in ‘localhost’
● Port Number?
● Let’s suppose in a building – 100 rooms are there, for someone to reach he
must know the room number right?
● Methods to share data
● Now, in the world of web development, we need to deal with data
● How data is sent and received between a client (like a web browser) and a
server (built with Node.js)
● So there are lots of methods out there to send or receive data according to
their needs.
● GET
● POST
● PATCH
● DELETE
● GET
● Imagine you want to read a book on a library shelf.
● You don't change anything
● you just want to get the information.
Similarly, the GET method is used to request data from the server.
For example, when you enter a website URL in your browser,
your browser sends a GET request to the server to fetch the web page.
● Code that we have written on the videos
const express = require('express')
const app = express();
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.send('Welcome to my hotel... How i can help you ?, we
have list of menus')
})
app.get('/chicken', (req, res)=>{
res.send('sure sir, i would love to serve chicken')
})
app.get('/idli', (req, res)=>{
var customized_idli = {
name: 'rava idli',
size: '10 cm diameter,
is_sambhar: true,
is_chutney: false
}
res.send(customized_idli)
})
app.listen(3000, ()=>{
console.log('listening on port 3000');
})
