Hello, first time posting here.
I'm a javascript and node.js newbie and would like to ask for advice.
I'm making a node server which will accept requests from a chrome extension
and a certain HTTP client.
I want the server to accept requests from the extension but only under a
certain condition.
What I had in mind was to use the HTTP client to send a POST request to
start or stop receiving requests from the extension.
Here is what I came up with:
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
process.env.MYTOGGLE = false;
app.post('/start', function (req, res){
// HTTP client lets the server accept requests
process.env.MYTOGGLE = true;
res.send('Accepting requests from extension...');
});
app.post('/request', function (req, res){
// extension requests go here
if(!process.env.MYTOGGLE){
res.send('404 Not Found');
} else {
res.send('Thanks for the data!');
}
});
app.post('/stop', function (req, res){
// HTTP client changes the condition and requests to /request give '404 Not
Found'
process.env.MYTOGGLE = false;
res.send('Not accepting requests anymore!');
});
app.listen(3000);
I've used environment variables as a demonstration to what I want to
achieve in the end.
Is there something I can use in order to store that 'toggle' variable on
the server side and give the server access to it while it's running?
Or am I going about this the wrong way?
Much appreciated,
Anton
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