// index.js
// where your node app starts
// init project
require('dotenv').config();
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
// enable CORS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-origin_resource_sharing)
// so that your API is remotely testable by FCC
var cors = require('cors');
app.use(cors({ optionsSuccessStatus: 200 })); // some legacy browsers choke on 204
// http://expressjs.com/en/starter/static-files.html
app.use(express.static('public'));
// http://expressjs.com/en/starter/basic-routing.html
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.sendFile(__dirname + '/views/index.html');
});
// your first API endpoint...
app.get('/api/whoami', function (req, res) {
res.json({
ipaddress: req.get('x-forwarded-for'),
language: req.get('accept-language'),
software: req.get('user-agent')
});
});
app.get('/api/test', function (req, res) {
res.json({
userAgent: req.get('user-agent')
});
});
// listen for requests :)
var listener = app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000, function () {
console.log('Your app is listening on port ' + listener.address().port);
});
views/index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Request Header Parser</title>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://cdn.hyperdev.com/us-east-1%3A52a203ff-088b-420f-81be-45bf559d01b1%2Ffavicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<h2>Request Header Parser Microservice</h2>
<h3>Example Usage:</h3>
<p>
<a href="api/whoami">[base url]/api/whoami</a>
</p>
<h3>Example Output:</h3>
<p>
<code>{"ipaddress":"::ffff:159.20.14.100","language":"en-US,en;q=0.5",<br>"software":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0"}</code>
</p>
</div>
<div class="footer">
<p>
by <a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org">freeCodeCamp</a>
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
public/style.css
body {
font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
color: #222;
background-color: #FaFaFa;
text-align: center;
line-height: 1.4em;
}
.container {
padding: 0;
margin-top: 40px;
}
h3 {
margin-top: 30px;
}
.footer {
margin-top: 40px;
}
code {
font-family: monospace;
padding: 2px;
color: black;
background-color: #fff;
}
a {
color: #2574A9;
}
readme.md
# Request Header Parser Microservice
This is the boilerplate for the Request Header Parser Microservice project. Instructions for building your project can be found at https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/apis-and-microservices/apis-and-microservices-projects/request-header-parser-microservice
You should provide your own project, not the example URL.
Waiting: A request to /api/whoami should return a JSON object with your IP address in the ipaddress key.
Waiting: A request to /api/whoami should return a JSON object with your preferred language in the language key.
Waiting: A request to /api/whoami should return a JSON object with your software in the software key.
API Project: Request Header Parser Microservice
Example Usage:
[base url]/api/whoami
Example Output:
{"ipaddress":"159.20.14.100","language":"en-US,en;q=0.5",
"software":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0"}
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