fromanegg.com - How to make a Node.js static file server - Part 1

server.js

var http = require('http'),
    path = require('path'),
    fs = require('fs'),
    util = require('util');

http.createServer(_handler).listen(3000);
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3000/');

function _handler(req, res) {

    var root = "..",
        url = "",
        contentType = "text/plain",
        filePath = "";

	if (req.method !== 'GET') { //If the request method doesn't equal 'GET'
	    res.writeHead(405); //Write the HTTP status to the response head
	    res.end('Unsupported request method', 'utf8'); //End and send the response
	    return;
	}

	if ('.' + req.url !== './') {
	    filePath = root + req.url;
	    path.exists(filePath, serveRequestedFile);		
	} else {
	    res.writeHead(400);
	    res.end('A file must be requested', 'utf8');
	    return;
	}	

	function serveRequestedFile(file) {
	    if (file === false) {
	        res.writeHead(404); 
	        res.end(); 
	        return;
	    }

	    var stream = fs.createReadStream(filePath);

	    stream.on('error', function(error) {
	        res.writeHead(500);
	        res.end();
	        return;
	    });

	    var mimeTypes = {
	        '.js' : 'text/javascript',
	        '.css' : 'text/css',
	        '.gif' : 'image/gif'
	    };

	    contentType = mimeTypes[path.extname(filePath)];    

	    res.setHeader('Content-Type', contentType);
	    res.writeHead(200);

	    util.pump(stream, res, function(error) {
	        //Only called when the res is closed or an error occurs
	        res.end();
	        return;
	    });

	}

}

Good, I see this message "A file must be requested" :-)
The Part 2 shows the filesystem with the ability to browse the sub-folders, right?

Replaced two parts of your code with:

//path.exists(filePath, serveRequestedFile);
fs.exists(filePath, serveRequestedFile);

/*util.pump(stream, res, function(error) {
    //Only called when the res is closed or an error occurs
    res.end();
    return;
});*/
stream.pipe(res);

Just so anyone looking, notice the var root = "..". That was trowing me off... as the files could not be found.

I changed it to root = "./" and I was able to serve files in the current path...