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diff --git a/doc/api/synopsis.md b/doc/api/synopsis.md index 7dd3b8fe99..134c0dbed7 100644 --- a/doc/api/synopsis.md +++ b/doc/api/synopsis.md @@ -1,29 +1,43 @@ -# Synopsis +# Usage <!--type=misc--> +`node [options] [v8 options] [script.js | -e "script"] [arguments]` + +Please see the [Command Line Options][] document for information about +different options and ways to run scripts with Node. + +## Example + An example of a [web server][] written with Node.js which responds with `'Hello World'`: ```js const http = require('http'); -http.createServer( (request, response) => { - response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}); - response.end('Hello World\n'); -}).listen(8124); +const hostname = '127.0.0.1'; +const port = 3000; + +const server = http.createServer((req, res) => { + res.statusCode = 200; + res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain'); + res.end('Hello World\n'); +}); -console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8124/'); +server.listen(port, hostname, () => { + console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`); +}); ``` To run the server, put the code into a file called `example.js` and execute -it with the node program +it with Node.js: ``` $ node example.js -Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8124/ +Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3000/ ``` All of the examples in the documentation can be run similarly. +[Command Line Options]: cli.html#cli_command_line_options [web server]: http.html |