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

below a simple http server and how to get the listening port

var http = require("http");
             function onRequest(request, response) {
               console.log("Request received.");
               response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
               response.write("Hello World");
               response.end();
             }

             var server =http.createServer(onRequest).listen(process.env.PORT, function(){
            console.log('Listening on port '); //Listening on port 8888
        });

then get the server port by using :

console.log('Express server started on port %s', server.address().port);