Simple HTTP server in GO, Libevent and Node.js

httpServer.cpp

#include <sys/types.h>
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
 
#include <event.h>
#include <evhttp.h>
 
void generic_request_handler(struct evhttp_request *req, void *arg)
{
  struct evbuffer *returnbuffer = evbuffer_new();
 
  evhttp_add_header(evhttp_request_get_output_headers(req), "Content-Type", "text/plain");
  evhttp_add_header(evhttp_request_get_output_headers(req), "Connection", "keep-alive");
  evbuffer_add_printf(returnbuffer, "Thanks for the request!");
  evhttp_send_reply_start(req, HTTP_OK, "OK");
 
  // Chuncked reply
  evhttp_send_reply_chunk(req, returnbuffer);
  evhttp_send_reply_end(req);
 
  evbuffer_free(returnbuffer);
  return;
}
 
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  short http_port = 8081;
  char *http_addr = "127.0.0.1";
  struct evhttp *http_server = NULL;
 
  event_init();
  http_server = evhttp_start(http_addr, http_port);
  evhttp_set_gencb(http_server, generic_request_handler, NULL); // Callback on event
 
  fprintf(stderr, "Server started on port %d\n", http_port);
  event_dispatch();
 
  return(0);
}

httpServer.go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
)

type Hello struct{}

func (h Hello) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
  w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain");
  w.Header().Set("Connection", "keep-alive");
  fmt.Fprint(w, "Thanks for the request!")
  w.(http.Flusher).Flush()
}

func main() {
  var h Hello
  http.ListenAndServe("localhost:8081", h)
}

httpServer.js

var http = require('http');

http.createServer(function (req, res) 
{
	res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
	res.end('Thanks for the request!');
}).listen(8081, '127.0.0.1');

console.log('Server started on port 8081');

What version of go and nodejs are you using ?

@olekukonko I don't quite remember, but they were the latest by the time (apologies, but I didn't get to read your question except now)