var express = require('express'), http = require('http'); var router = express.Router(); var btcCache = {}; /* GET users listing. */ router.get('/', function(req, res, next) { console.log('Bitcoin request'); function btcQuery(callback, r) { var req = r; var options = { host: 'api.coindesk.com', // port: 80, path: '/v1/bpi/currentprice.json', // method: 'GET', headers: { /* 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(data)*/ } }; http.request(options).on('response', function (response) { var data = ''; response.on("data", function (chunk) { data += chunk; }); response.on('end', function () { callback(JSON.parse(data), r); }); }).end(); } var now = new Date(); if (now - GLOBAL.lastcheck.btc > (59000 )) { btcQuery(function (a, b) { console.log(a); btcCache = a; GLOBAL.lastcheck.btc = now; res.writeHead(200, {"ContentType": "application/json"}); //res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json'); res.end(JSON.stringify(btcCache)); }, res) } else { console.log("Using cache"); //res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json'); res.writeHead(200, {"ContentType": "application/json"}); res.end(JSON.stringify(btcCache)); } }); module.exports = router;