Simplest Static Webserver in Node.JS

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Just install connect from npm. Run this in a directory that you'll like to serve static content from. To run on a specific port set ENV "StaticPort"

staticServer.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

var connect = require('connect'),
    app = connect.createServer(),
    port = process.env.StaticPort || 8888;

app.use(connect.static(process.cwd()));
app.listen(parseInt(port, 10));

console.log("Static HTTP server at => http://localhost:" + port + "/\nPress CTRL + C to stop");

xxx-staticServer-Old.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

var http = require("http"),
    url = require("url"),
    path = require("path"),
    fs = require("fs")
    port = parseInt(process.env.StaticPort, 10) || 8888;

http.createServer(function(request, response) {
  var filename = path.join(process.cwd(), url.parse(request.url).pathname);
  
  path.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()) filename += '/index.html';
    fs.readFile(filename, "binary", function(err, file) {
      if(err) {        
        response.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
        response.write(err + "\n");
        response.end();
        return;
      }
      response.writeHead(200);
      response.write(file, "binary");
      response.end();
    });
  });
}).listen(port);

console.log("Static HTTP server at => http://localhost:" + port + "/\nPress CTRL + C to stop");