Using node.js to serve up basic web page with CSS and JS includes

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I am coming from a (traditional) server side scripting (PHP) background and am trying to experiment with Node to see what the fuss is all about. Objective: serve up a simple web document with some style sheets and scripts on it. My node.js script: ``` var http = require('http'); var fs = require('fs'); fs.readFile('index.html', function (err, html) { if (err) { throw err; } http.createServer(function(request, response) { response.writeHeader(200, {"Content-Type": "text/html"}); response.write(html); response.end(); }).listen(1337, '127.0.0.1'); }); ``` index.html: ``` Node.js test

Accepted Answer

Simple: you're setting the `Content-Type` header to `text/html`, always. Also, it will always serve your index.html file. Look:

```
fs.readFile('index.html', function (err, html) {
    if (err) {
        throw err; 
    }       
    http.createServer(function(request, response) { 
        response.writeHeader(200, {"Content-Type": "text/html"});  // <-- HERE!
        response.write(html);  // <-- HERE!
        response.end();  
    }).listen(1337, '127.0.0.1');
});
```

You should parse the URL, look up what file you want to require, read its contents and write them to the response if it exists, otherwise serve an 404 error. Also, you'll need to set the correct headers.

So, do you still want to do it at your own? At least, try something like send, which is a basic static file server.

Using node.js to serve up basic web page with CSS and JS includes

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