fdy

fdy is a simple, effortless file server with nifty features such as URL rewriting (see fdy.replace), file directory listing, and file manipulation (see fdy.handle)

do it

var fdy=require("fdy");
fdy.listen(80);

Settings

Settings including cache, index, and directory were removed as of 2.0.0. Directory now defaults to ./public

fdy.on(event, callback)

Handle events. Currently the only event is "request".

• event String
• callback Function(request, response)

fdy.header(type, header)

Set headers for specific file mimetypes (ex. text/plain) or general types (ex. text/*).

• type String
• header Object

fdy.header("image/*", {
    "Cache-Control": "max-age=3600"
    });

fdy.hide(path)

As of 0.0.1, only allows a single RegExp
As of 1.0.5, functions similarly to replace
As of 2.0.0 (current), only accepts specific path or file names

• path String

fdy.replace(regex, string)

Make changes to path before handling (i.e. /js/ → /files/js/).

• regex RegExp | String
• string String (Function would also work, as it is a regular replace)

fdy.redirect(regex, string)

Serve 302 to specified path (i.e. /blog/ → http://external.blog/).

• regex RegExp | String
• string String

fdy.forbidden(regex, files)

Serve 403 from specified path (if directory, also excludes files by default).

• regex RegExp | String
• files Boolean (true to allow direct file requests such as images)

fdy.handle(path, callback[, exists])

Manipulate select data before sending it. The first argument determines what requests a handle applies to based on url.

exists (default false) determines whether a file is expected to already exist (enabling the data field in the callback). If false or undefined, the handle is called without loading the file.

• path String
• callback Function(request, response[, data], query)

Pages

Currently supports 403, 404 and DIR -- point to files to serve for respective pages. Grabs from ./public since any external files (such as stylesheets) would have to be public as well.

app.js

fdy.hide("pages");
fdy.page("403", "pages/forbidden.html");
fdy.page("404", "pages/not-found.html");
fdy.page("DIR", "pages/directory.html");

directory.html
The directory page uses a special jht format since its content is dynamic.

<title>index of {path}</title>
<table width="100%">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>File</th>
            <th>Size</th>
            <th>Modified</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        {each files}
            <tr>
                <td><a href="{path}">{name}</a></td>
                <td>{size}</td>
                <td>{date}</td>
            </tr>
        {/each}
    </tbody>
</table>

Help, stuff broke!

There have been significant changes with each update and for the sake of moving forward backwards compatibility has not been a huge concern. You can use a previous version or just rename a few functions in your code (i.e. fdy.set became fdy.page). Your biggest burden is probably going to be updating your custom DIR template if you have one, and for that I apologize.