NodeJS: How to get the server's port?

Question

You often see example hello world code for Node that creates an Http Server, starts listening on a port, then followed by something along the lines of:

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Answer 1

I was asking myself this question too, then I came Express 4.x guide page to see this sample:

var server = app.listen(3000, function() {
   console.log('Listening on port %d', server.address().port);
});