Small Node Static File Server

server.js

var port = parseInt(process.argv[2]) || 8000;

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

http.createServer(function (request, response) {


    var filePath = request.url;
    if (filePath == '/') { filePath = '/index.html'; }

    filePath = "./static" + filePath;


    var contentType;
    switch (path.extname(filePath)) {
      case '.html':
        contentType = 'text/html';
        break;
      case '.css':
        contentType = 'text/css';
        break;
      case '.js':
        contentType = 'text/javascript';
        break;
    }

    var logMessage = ("\n      " + filePath + "\n      " + contentType + "\n     ");

    fs.exists(filePath, function(exists) {
      if (exists) {
        fs.readFile(filePath, function(error, content) {
          if (error) {
            response.writeHead(500);

            console.log((new Date()).toTimeString(), logMessage, "------------------ 500\n");
            consoel.log(content);

            response.end();
          } else {
            response.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': contentType });

            console.log((new Date()).toTimeString(), logMessage, "------------------ 200\n");

            response.end(content, 'utf-8');
          }
        });
      } else {
        response.writeHead(404);

        console.log((new Date()).toTimeString(), logMessage, "------------------ 404\n");

        response.end();
      }
    });

}).listen(port);

console.log('...listening on port ' + port + '\n\n');