Node.js http return 200 Page Found Status
var http = require('http'); var fs = require('fs'); var url = require('url'); // Create a server http.createServer( function (request, response) { // Parse the request containing file name var pathname = url.parse(request.url).pathname; // Print the name of the file for which request is made. console.log("Request for " + pathname + " received. "); var fileName = pathname.substr(1) || "output.txt"; console.log(" Search for file : "+fileName); // Read the requested file content from file system fs.readFile(fileName, function (err, data) { if (err) { console.log(err);/*from ww w . ja v a 2s.c o m*/ // HTTP Status: 404 : NOT FOUND // Content Type: text/plain response.writeHead(404, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'}); }else{ //Page found // HTTP Status: 200 : OK // Content Type: text/plain response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'}); // Write the content of the file to response body response.write(data.toString()); } // Send the response body response.end(); }); }).listen(8090); // Console will print the message console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8090/');