Question

I have defined an http server by requiring as follows:

var http = require('http');

function onRequest(request, response) {
    console.log("Request" + request);
    console.log("Reponse" + response);
}

http.createServer(onRequest).listen(8080);

I would like to pass the http object to a JS class (in a separate file) where I load external modules that are specific to my application.

Any suggestions on how would I do this?

Thanks,
Mark

Answer 1

Yes, take a look at how to make modules: http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.4.12/api/modules.html

Every module has a special object called exports that will be exported when other modules include it.

For example, suppose your example code is called app.js, you add the line exports.http = http and in another javascript file in the same folder, include it with var app = require("./app.js"), and you can have access to http with app.http.