Loading basic HTML in Node.js

Question

I\'m trying to find out how to load and render a basic HTML file so I don\'t have to write code like:

response.write(\'...
blahblahblah
...\         


        

Answer 1

It's just really simple if you use pipe. The following is the server.js code snippet.

var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');

function onRequest(req, res){

    console.log("USER MADE A REQUEST. " +req.url);
    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
    var readStream = fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/index.html','utf8'); 
    
/*include your html file and directory name instead of <<__dirname + '/index.html'>>*/

    readStream.pipe(res);

}

http.createServer(onRequest).listen(7000);
console.log('Web Server is running...');