const fs = require('fs'); const http = require('http'); const express = require('express'); const spawn = require('child_process').spawn; const secondSpawn = require('child_process').spawn; const app = express(); const PORT = 3000; app.get('/', (req, res) => { res.send("Python stuff?") }) app.get('/pdfs/:name', (req, res) => { const { name } = req.params; const PATH = `recipe_text/${name}` try { fs.access(PATH, fs.constants.F_OK, (err) => { if (err) { throw err; } else { fs.readFile(PATH, 'utf8', (err, data) => { if (err) throw err; console.log(data); const dataSlice = data.slice(0, 150); res.send("Data found. Preview: " + dataSlice); }); } }); } catch(e) { console.log(e); } }) app.post('/pdf-gen', (req, res) => { const href = req.query.href; const pdfRead = secondSpawn('python3', ['read_pdf.py', href]); pdfRead.stdout.on('data', (data) => { res.status(200).send("PDF created!"); }) pdfRead.stderr.on("data", (data) => { res.send(data.toString()); }) }) app.listen(PORT, () => { console.log(`Listening on port ${PORT}`); });