Runs a bunch of connect apps according to some private specs

run.js

var fs = require('fs');
var connect = require('connect');

var VHOSTS_DIR = '/srv/connect/apps';
var VHOSTS = {};

var hostsDirectory = function( req, res) {
    res.writeHead( 200, {"Content-Type":"text/html"} );
    names = [];
    for( var vhost in VHOSTS ){
        names.push("<a href=\"http://"+vhost+"\">"+vhost+"</a>");
    };
    res.end( "Domains:<br />"+names.join("<br/>") );
};


function readhosts() {
    /*
        NB: not async, use only out of the listening loop, at boot.
    */
    var vhosts = fs.readdirSync(VHOSTS_DIR);
    for( var i =0,vhost; vhost = vhosts[i++];){
        var path = VHOSTS_DIR+'/'+vhost;
        var stats = fs.statSync( path );
        /* 
            highly <cough> likely that a domain name MUST have a dot in in with a character in front of the dot and after...
            and our convetions make it that this is always true.
        */
        var isVhost = /\w.\w/.test(vhost);
        if( stats.isDirectory() && isVhost ){ 
            var indexpath  = path+'/index.js'
            var module;
            try{
                 module = require( indexpath )
                 if( module && module.app ) module = module.app
            }catch( E ){
               // console.log( E )
                module = null
            };
            if( !module ){ 
                return false
            }else{
                VHOSTS[vhost] = module
            };
        };
    };
    return true;
};
if(readhosts()){
 var server = connect.createServer()
 server.use( connect.logger() );
 server.use( connect.static( '/srv/connect/static', { maxAge: 1000*60*60*24 } ) );
 server.use( connect.favicon( '/srv/connect/static/favicon/ico' ) );
 for(var vhost in VHOSTS){
     console.log("using vhost: "+vhost)
     server.use( connect.vhost( vhost, VHOSTS[vhost] ) );
 }
 server.use( hostsDirectory )
 server.listen(8080);
 console.log("Listening on port 8080");
}else{
 console.log('could not find hosts')
};