node server running but localhost refusing to connect

Question

Trying to get the simplest node server interacting with the browser, with this:

var http = require('http');


http.createServer(function(req, res){

  res.writeHead( 200, { "content-Type" : 'text/plain' } )
  res.send('Hello world');

}).listen(1337, '192.168.1.2');

but localhost won't do it..

localhost refused to connect

Thats the IPv4 address. Am I missing something here?

Answer 1

Use 0.0.0.0 and it will work both '192.168.1.2' and localhost.

Answer 2

Had the same problem and solved it like this:

var http = require('http');

http.createServer(function(req, res){

  res.writeHead( 200, { "content-Type" : 'text/plain' } )
  res.end('Hello world');

}).listen(1337);

1. On node Terminal: node filename.js

   Leave it open, don't CTRL + C.

2. Go to webpage: localhost:1337

It should work. The problem is not closing the terminal or exiting the execution of the node File.