node calls basic python function

app.js

@@ -1,16 +1,53 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const http = require('http');
 
-http.createServer((req, res) => {
-    res.write("Server is active.");
-    res.end();
-}).listen(8080);
-
+const express = require('express');
 const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-const read_pdf = spawn('python', ['./parse_text/read_pdf.py']);
+const app = express();
+const PORT = 3000;
 
-read_pdf.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
-    fs.write('./recipe_text/caught.txt', 'caught', err => {
-        if (err) console.log(err);
+const pyPromise = async (data) => {
+    const python = spawn('python', ['test.py']);
+
+    python.stdout.on("data", (data) => {
+        resolve(data.toString());
     });
+
+    python.stderr.on("data", (data) => {
+        reject(data.toString());
+    });
+}
+
+app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+    res.send("Python stuff?")
+})
+
+app.get('/:name', (req, res) => {
+    const { name } = req.params;
+    const python = spawn('python3', ['test.py', name]);
+
+    python.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+        res.send(data.toString());
+    })
+
+    python.stderr.on("data", (data) => {
+        res.send(data.toString());
+    })
+})
+
+// app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+//     let dataToSend;
+//     const python = spawn('python', ['test.py']);
+//     python.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+//         dataToSend = data.toString();
+//         console.log('caught');
+//     });
+//     python.on('close', (code) => {
+//         console.log(`All close with code ${code}`);
+//         res.send(dataToSend);
+//     })
+// })
+
+app.listen(PORT, () => {
+    console.log(`Listening on port ${PORT}`);
 });

read_pdf.py

@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ def read_PDF(path):
         text = ""
         for page in doc:
             text += page.get_text()
-        with open(f'../recipe_text/{text[:20]}.txt', 'w') as f:
+        with open(f'recipe_text/{text[:20]}.txt', 'w') as f:
             f.write(text)
 
-read_PDF('../recipes/sample_recipe.pdf')
+read_PDF('recipes/TheBestOfBaseballAwards.pdf')
+
 sys.stdout.flush()

test.py

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import sys
+
+print("Can we get the thing to work?")
+print("First argument: " + sys.argv[1])