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Last active December 21, 2015 18:29
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Adds logs, reviews code alignment and fixes path.exists
var http = require("http");
var url = require("url");
var path = require("path");
var fs = require("fs");
var port = process.argv[2] || 8000;
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
console.log(request["method"] + " " + request["url"]);
var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname;
var filename = path.join(process.cwd(), uri);
fs.exists(filename, function(exists) {
if (!exists) {
response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
response.write("404 Not Found\n");
response.end();
return;
}
if (fs.statSync(filename).isDirectory()) filename += '/index.html';
fs.readFile(filename, "binary", function(err, file) {
if(err) {
response.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
response.write(err + "\n");
response.end();
return;
}
response.writeHead(200);
response.write(file, "binary");
response.end();
});
});
}).listen(parseInt(port, 10));
console.log("Static file server running at\n => http://localhost:" + port + "/\nCTRL + C to shutdown");
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