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fromanegg.com - How to make a Node.js static file server - Part 1
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;
});
}
}
@rognoni
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rognoni commented Aug 12, 2014

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);

@alpha1125
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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...

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