ew: js, node and the web stack fucking suck

server.coffee

#process = require 'process'
http = require 'http'
url = require 'url'
mime = require 'mime'
querystring = require 'querystring'
path = require 'path'
fs = require 'fs'
cp = require 'child_process'
constants = require 'constants'
sendError = (res, err) ->
    res.writeHead 500
    res.end String err

http.createServer (req, res) ->
    pn = querystring.unescape url.parse(req.url).pathname[1..]
    p = path.join '/media/data/towatch', pn
    sendFile = ->
        tc = cp.spawn 'ffmpeg', [
            '-threads', '4',
            '-i', p,
            '-s', 'qvga',
            '-f', 'webm',
            'pipe:',],
            stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', process.stderr]
        res.writeHead 200,
            'content-type': 'video/webm'
        tc.stdout.pipe res
    fs.readdir p, (err, files) ->
        if err 
            switch err.code
                when 'ENOTDIR'
                    sendFile()
                else
                    sendError res, err
            return
        res.writeHead 200
        for f in files
            href = querystring.escape path.join(pn, f)
            res.write "<a href=\"#{href}\">#{f}</a><br/>"
        res.end()
.listen 17022

yep, that's why i switched to go :D