server.improved.js

const http = require("http"),
  fs = require("fs"),
  // IMPORTANT: you must run `npm install` in the directory for this assignment
  // to install the mime library used in the following line of code
  mime = require("mime"),
  dir = "public/",
  port = 3000;

const server = http.createServer(function(request, response) {
  if (request.method === "GET") {
    handleGet(request, response);
  } else if (request.method === "POST") {
    handlePost(request, response);
  }
});

const handleGet = function(request, response) {
  const filename = dir + request.url.slice(1);

  if (request.url === "/") {
    sendFile(response, "public/index.html");
  } else {
    sendFile(response, filename);
  }
};

let scores = [];

const handlePost = function(request, response) {
  let json = {};

  request.on("data", function(data) {
    const input = JSON.parse(data);
    for (let i = 0; i < scores.length; i++) {
      let score = {
        username: input.yourname,
        highscore: input.yourscore
      };
      scores.push(score);
    }

    json.scores = scores;
  });

  request.on("end", function() {
    response.writeHead(200, "OK", { "Content-Type": "text/plain" });
    response.end(JSON.stringify(json));
  });
};

const sendFile = function(response, filename) {
  const type = mime.getType(filename);

  fs.readFile(filename, function(err, content) {
    // if the error = null, then we've loaded the file successfully
    if (err === null) {
      // status code: https://httpstatuses.com
      response.writeHeader(200, { "Content-Type": type });
      response.end(content);
    } else {
      // file not found, error code 404
      response.writeHeader(404);
      response.end("404 Error: File Not Found");
    }
  });
};

server.listen(process.env.PORT || port);