static-files v1.0.0

static-files

A simple node module for serving static files. Files are beeing cached for better performance.

usage

var http = require('http');
var sf = require('static-files');

http.createServer(function(request, response) {

	var config = {
			
		// root directory of your static files (here: folder "public" relative to "main.js")	
		rootPath : './public',
		
		// paths can be mapped to files directly (path : filePath)
		mappings : {
			
			'/welcome' : '/index.html',
			'/node/getIcon' : '/images/node.png'
		}
		
		// optional error handler (e.g. no file found for given path)
		onError : function(response, error) {
		
			response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');

			if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {

			response.statusCode = 404;
			response.end('Nothing found here...');

			} else {
	
				response.statusCode = 500;
				response.end('Something went terribly wrong!!!');
			}
				
		}
		
	};
		
	// serve files via response for given configuration and request 	
	sf.serve(request, response, config);
	
}).listen(3000);
console.log('Please browse to localhost:3000/welcome or localhost:3000/index.html');
console.log('Please browse to localhost:3000/node/getIcon or localhost:3000/images/node.png');