server.js

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var http = require('http'), path = require('path');
var express = require('express'), bodyParser = require('body-parser'), app = express(), server = http.createServer(app);
//var db = require('./db/portals');

var mongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var db;
// Initialize connection once
mongoClient.connect("mongodb://localhost:27017/exampleDb", function(err, database) {
    if (err)
        throw err;

    db = database;
});

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public/app'));
app.use(bodyParser());
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
    //Allow xsite scripts
    res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
//    res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "*");
    res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET,PUT,POST,DELETE');
    res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type');
    return next();
  });
app.post('/portals', function(req, res) {
    // save portal object
    console.log("BODY: "+JSON.stringify(req.body));
    var body = req.body;
    var collection = db.collection('test');
    collection.insert(body, {w: 1}, function(err, result) {
        if (err) {
            res.send(500, "Failed to save");
            console.log(err);
        } else {
            var id = result._id;
            res.send(200, "Inserted "+id);
            console.log("OK!"+JSON.stringify(result));


        }
    });
});

server.listen(process.env.PORT || 9080);
//var addr = server.address().address;
var addr = "localhost";
console.log('Started listening on: '.concat(addr).concat(':').concat(process.env.PORT || 9080));


/********
 http.createServer(function(req, res) {
 var body = "";
 req.on('data', function(chunk) {
 body += chunk;
 });
 res.writeHead(200, {
 'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8'
 });
 res.end('Hello from portal-hub.\n');
 MongoClient.connect("mongodb://localhost:27017/exampleDb", function(err, db) {
 if (!err) {
 console.log("We are connected");
 var collection = db.collection('test');
 collection.insert(body, {w: 1}, function(err, result) {
 });
 }
 });
 }).listen(9080, "");
 
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