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  1. niamurrell created this gist Dec 10, 2017.
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    var http = require("http");
    var url = require("url");
    var db = {};

    var handleRequest = function(req, res) {
    res.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
    console.log("Request was made to URL: " + req.url);

    // Get URL params
    var parsedUrl = url.parse(req.url, true);
    var pathname = parsedUrl.pathname;
    var query = parsedUrl.query;
    var resMessage = "Proper URL params: '/set?somekey=somevalue' OR '/get?key=somekey'";

    // Handle routes
    if (pathname === "/set") { // SET sends params to JSON object
    db = Object.assign(db, query);
    resMessage = "You have stored " + JSON.stringify(query) + " in memory.";
    console.log(db);
    } else if (pathname === "/get") { // GET finds params from JSON object
    var key = query.key;
    var value = db[key];
    resMessage = "The value of '" + key + "' is: " + value;
    }

    // Send result to user
    res.end(resMessage);
    }

    // Run server
    http.createServer(handleRequest).listen(4000, function() {
    console.log("App running on port 4000");
    });