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Simple node.js web server - Now even simpler!
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1. Create a directory, and cd to it: | |
~/myserver> mkdir myserver && cd myserver | |
2. install send: | |
~/myserver> npm install send | |
3. Create your server: | |
~/myserver> cat > server.js << EOF | |
"use strict"; | |
var http = require('http'), | |
send = require('send'), | |
url = require('url'); | |
var app = http.createServer(function (req, res) { | |
function error(err) { | |
res.statusCode = err.status || 500; | |
res.end(err.message); | |
} | |
function redirect() { | |
res.statusCode = 301; | |
res.setHeader('Location', req.url + '/'); | |
res.end('Redirecting to ' + req.url + '/'); | |
} | |
send(req, url.parse(req.url).pathname) | |
.root(__dirname) | |
.on('error', error) | |
.on('directory', redirect) | |
.pipe(res); | |
}); | |
app.listen(3333); | |
EOF | |
4. Run your server: | |
~/myserver> node server.js |
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