minimal node js script to serve static file via http

README.md

SYNOPSIS

Serve up a single file for all requests to the server.

Usage

./httpServe <path to file>

httpServe

#!/usr/bin/env node

var http = require("http");
var url = require("url");
var path = require("path");
var fs = require("fs");
var port = 9990;
var filename = process.argv[2] || 'index.html';

var server = http.createServer(function(request, response) {

  var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname;
  filename = path.resolve(filename);
  console.time('serve');

  fs.exists(filename, function(exists) {
    if(!exists) {
      response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
      response.write("404 Not Found\n");
      response.end();
      return;
    }

    if (fs.statSync(filename).isDirectory()) {
      console.log(filename);
      throw new Error("directory not supported");
    }

    fs.readFile(filename, "binary", function(err, file) {
      if(err) {
        response.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "application/octet-stream"});
        response.write(err + "\n");
        response.end();
        return;
      }

      response.writeHead(200);
      response.write(file, "binary");
      response.end();
      console.log(filename)
      console.timeEnd('serve');
    });
  });
});
server.listen(parseInt(port, 10));

server.on('connect', function(req, cltSocket, head) {
});

console.log("serving %s\n  => http://localhost:%s \nCTRL + C to shutdown", filename, port);