Detect button click with Node.JS

Question

Detect button click with Node.JS

Is there a way to detect a button press with Node.JS? I want to run a function when a certain button is pressed. If possible, preferably without Socket.IO.

node.js
user-interface
socket.io

Answer 1

clientside:

$('button').click(function () {
  $.post('/thing', {data: 'blah'}, function (data) {
    console.log(data);
  });
}, 'json');

serverside:

var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var app = express();

app.use(bodyParser.urlEncoded());
app.post('/thing', function (req, res, next) {
  var data = myFunction(req.body);
  res.json(data);
});