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Create HTTP Server

const http = require('http');

http.createServer((request, response) => {
const { headers, method, url } = request;
let body = [];
request.on('error', (err) => {
console.error(err);
}).on('data', (chunk) => {
body.push(chunk);
}).on('end', () => {
body = Buffer.concat(body).toString();
// BEGINNING OF NEW STUFF

response.on('error', (err) => {
console.error(err);
});

response.statusCode = 200;
response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
// Note: the 2 lines above could be replaced with this next one:
// response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'application/json'})

const responseBody = { headers, method, url, body };

response.write(JSON.stringify(responseBody));
response.end();
// Note: the 2 lines above could be replaced with this next one:
// response.end(JSON.stringify(responseBody))

// END OF NEW STUFF
});
}).listen(8080);