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

I know this is an old question - here is a simple file server utility if you'd prefer to not use connect or express; but rather the http module.

var fileServer = require('./fileServer');
var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function(req, res) {
   var file = __dirname + req.url;
   if(req.url === '/') {
       // serve index.html on root 
       file = __dirname + 'index.html'
   }
   // serve all other files echoed by index.html e.g. style.css
   // callback is optional
   fileServer(file, req, res, callback);

})
module.exports = function(file, req, res, callback) {
    var fs = require('fs')
        , ext = require('path').extname(file)
        , type = ''
        , fileExtensions = {
            'html':'text/html',
            'css':'text/css',
            'js':'text/javascript',
            'json':'application/json',
            'png':'image/png',
            'jpg':'image/jpg',
            'wav':'audio/wav'
        }
    console.log('req    '+req.url)
    for(var i in fileExtensions) {
       if(ext === i) {    
          type = fileExtensions[i]
          break
       }
    }
    fs.exists(file, function(exists) {
       if(exists) {
          res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': type })
          fs.createReadStream(file).pipe(res)
          console.log('served  '+req.url)
          if(callback !== undefined) callback()
       } else {
          console.log(file,'file dne')
         }  
    })
}