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node.js
Georgi Georgiev
Georgi Georgiev

Reputation: 1623

HTTP server port number

If I create and HTTP server using nodejs like this:

var http = require("http");
http.createServer(function (request, response) {

   // Send the HTTP header 
   // HTTP Status: 200 : OK
   // Content Type: text/plain
   response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});

   // Send the response body as "Hello World"
   response.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(8081);

// Console will print the message
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8081/');

does it mean that if I use a web hosting service, the URL of the website will always need to contain somehow 8081 port? How would the URL look like?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 668

Answers (2)

Sathish
Sathish

Reputation: 2180

If you expose a server using port 80 means http and / or via 443 means https. Your urls don't need port. Other than that if you are using a different port then you can use ngnix or haproxy to expose them in 80 or 443. Without following this you will end up giving port to the urls

Upvotes: 1

Victory
Victory

Reputation: 5890

Yes you would always need to the port number with requests, however if you use relative links this will not be such a problem.

<a href="/foo">Good idea</a>
<a href="http://yousite.com:8081">Questionable idea</a>

You may also look into reverse proxies and virtual hosts depending on your application.

Upvotes: 1

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