Node.js http response file content
var http = require('http'); var fs = require('fs'); var path = require('path'); function send404(response){ response.writeHead(404,{'Content-Type':'text/plain'}); response.write('Error 404: Resource not found.'); respons.end();// ww w.ja va2 s .c o m } var mimeLookup = { '.js':'application/javascript', '.html': 'text/html' }; var server = http.createServer(function(req,res){ if (req.method == 'GET'){ //resolve file path to filesystem path var fileurl; if(req.url =='/')fileurl ='/index.html'; else fileurl = req.url; var filepath = path.resolve('./public'+fileurl); //lookup mime type var fileExt = path.extname(filepath); var mimeType = mimeLookup[fileExt]; if (!mimeType){ send404(res); return; } //see if we have that file fs.exists(filepath,function(exists){ if(!exists){ send404(res); return; }; //finally stream the file res.writeHead(200,{'content-type': mimeType}); fs.createReadStream(filepath).pipe(res); }); }else { send404(res); } }).listen(3000); console.log('server running on port 3000');