Tips for noob

[jdlever]

I copied the code directly from github, and can't seem to get this to work (probably because I've known node.js exists for the better part of 2 hours).

Anyways...how are you supposed to fire up the server? Do you use git bash and start the server.js file? Because i keep getting 'line 1 syntax error near unexpected token '(' ...if that's the case. I tried entering the address localhost:8081 and that won't work. I don't even have the slightest idea what the node.js cmd prompt does.

Any tips are appreciated. Thanks, Jeff

[zurez]

node server.js in the terminal should do the trick

[stahlmanDesign]

Another tip if you're new to this, if you type node server.js and see it is working, any code you modify won't take effect. If you change the code and want to see the effects, press ctrl-c to kill the first process that's running, and then type node server.js again (or up arrow + enter) for it to use your latest code.

[matthewboman]

After running the server, you have to open "localhost:8081/scrape" in a browser to run the function.

[vinu-phoenix]

Install nodemon (npm install -g nodemon) if you want the server to restart automatically when changes are made to files. Use npm install --save nodemon if you want to save it locally for your project.