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+const http = require('http');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
+const port = 3000;
+const home = fs.readFileSync('./index.html')
+
+const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+    console.log(req.url);
+    url = req.url;
+  res.statusCode = 200;
+  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
+  if (url == '/') {
+     res.end(home);
+  }
+  else{
+    res.statusCode = 404;
+     res.end("<h1>404 not found</h1>");
+  }
+});
+
+server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
+  console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
+});
+