NodeJS: How to get the server's port?

Question

You often see example hello world code for Node that creates an Http Server, starts listening on a port, then followed by something along the lines of:

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Answer 1

Requiring the http module was never necessary.

An additional import of http is not necessary in Express 3 or 4. Assigning the result of listen() is enough.

var server = require('express')();

server.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.send("Hello Foo!");
});

var listener = server.listen(3000);
console.log('Your friendly Express server, listening on port %s', listener.address().port);
// Your friendly Express server, listening on port 3000

Again, this is tested in Express 3.5.1 & 4.0.0. Importing http was never necessary. The listen method returns an http server object. https://github.com/visionmedia/express/blob/master/lib/application.js#L531