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at April 14, 2011 12:54 by nikefido
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var sys = require("sys"), http = require("http"), url = require("url"), path = require("path"), fs = require("fs"); http.createServer(function(request, response) { var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname; var filename = path.join(process.cwd(), uri); var req = false; path.exists(filename, function(exists) { if(!exists) { response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}); response.write("404 Not Found\n"); response.end(); return; } fs.readFile(filename, "binary", function(err, file) { if(err) { //If is directory, fallback to 'site index' if(err.errno == 21) { req = http.request({host:'localhost',port:8080,path:'/hub.html',method:'GET'}, function(res) { res.on('data', function(chunk) { response.writeHead(200); response.write(chunk, 'binary'); //vs response.write(''+chunk); to cast as String response.end(); }); }); req.end(); return; } response.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}); response.write(err + "\n"); response.end(); return; } response.writeHead(200); response.write(file, "binary"); response.end(); }); }); }).listen(8080); sys.puts("Server running at http://localhost:8080/");
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Gives you an idea of how to fallback to an 'index' page if URL points to a directory. Not very refined - Will never return a "is directory" error
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Nodejs server with site index fallback
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JavaScript