Basic static file server in NodeJS

Question

I\'m trying to create a static file server in nodejs more as an exercise to understand node than as a perfect server. I\'m well aware of projects like Connect and node-stati

Answer 1

• Your basic server looks good, except:

  There is a return statement missing.

  res.write('404 Not Found\n');
  res.end();
  return; // <- Don't forget to return here !!
  

  And:

  res.writeHead(200, mimeType);

  should be:

  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type':mimeType});

• Yes pipe() does basically that, it also pauses/resumes the source stream (in case the receiver is slower). Here is the source code of the pipe() function: https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/master/lib/stream.js