statichoster

[Node.js] hosting static files in a public directory

Installation

git clone git://github.com/shinout/statichoster.git

OR

npm install statichoster

Usage

var http = require("http");
var StaticHoster = require("./StaticHoster");
var sh = new StaticHoster(__dirname + "/public", {
  html: "text/html"
});

var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
  sh.host(req, res, function(err, result) {
    // if error
    if (err) console.log(err);

    // if statichoster write something to response
    if (result) return;

    // if statichoster do nothing
    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type' : 'text/plain' });
    res.end("other types of request\n");
  });
});

server.listen(1192);

set public directory

// the first argument of constructor
var sh = new StaticHoster(__dirname + "/public");

set filetypes

// the first argument of constructor
var sh = new StaticHoster(__dirname + "/public", {
  html : "text/plain", // extension name => mime-type

  tiff : ["image/tiff, images] // extension name => [ mime-type, name of the subdirectory ]
});

original filetypes

// extension name => [mime-type, name of the subdirectory]
css       : ['text/css', 'css'],
js        : ['text/javascript', 'js'],
png       : ['image/png', 'images'],
jpg       : ['image/jpeg', 'images'],
gif       : ['image/gif', 'images'],
ico       : ['image/vnd.microsoft.icon', ''],
manifest  : ['text/cache-manifest', '']