server.rb

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require 'webrick'
require 'json'

# default port to 3000 or overwrite with PORT variable by running
# $ PORT=3001 ruby server.rb
port = ENV['PORT'] ? ENV['PORT'].to_i : 3000

puts "Server started: http://localhost:#{port}/"

root = File.expand_path './public'
server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new Port: port, DocumentRoot: root

server.mount_proc '/api/comments' do |req, res|
 comments = JSON.parse(File.read('./comments.json', encoding: 'UTF-8'))

 if req.request_method == 'POST'
 # Assume it's well formed
 comment = { id: (Time.now.to_f * 1000).to_i }
 req.query.each do |key, value|
 comment[key] = value.force_encoding('UTF-8') unless key == 'id'
 end
 comments << comment
 File.write(
 './comments.json',
 JSON.pretty_generate(comments, indent: ' '),
 encoding: 'UTF-8'
 )
 end

 # always return json
 res['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
 res['Cache-Control'] = 'no-cache'
 res['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'] = '*'
 res.body = JSON.generate(comments)
end

trap('INT') { server.shutdown }

server.start