Sails - add a static client (/public)

http.js

/**
 * HTTP Server Settings
 * (sails.config.http)
 *
 * Configuration for the underlying HTTP server in Sails.
 * Only applies to HTTP requests (not WebSockets)
 *
 * For more information on configuration, check out:
 * http://sailsjs.org/#!/documentation/reference/sails.config/sails.config.http.html
 */
module.exports.http = {

  /****************************************************************************
  *                                                                           *
  * Express middleware to use for every Sails request. To add custom          *
  * middleware to the mix, add a function to the middleware config object and *
  * add its key to the "order" array. The $custom key is reserved for         *
  * backwards-compatibility with Sails v0.9.x apps that use the               *
  * `customMiddleware` config option.                                         *
  *                                                                           *
  ****************************************************************************/

  middleware: {

  /***************************************************************************
  *                                                                          *
  * The order in which middleware should be run for HTTP request. (the Sails *
  * router is invoked by the "router" middleware below.)                     *
  *                                                                          *
  ***************************************************************************/

     order: [
       'startRequestTimer',
       'cookieParser',
       'session',
       'staticClient',
       'myRequestLogger',
       'bodyParser',
       'handleBodyParserError',
       'compress',
       'methodOverride',
       'poweredBy',
       '$custom',
       'router',
       'www',
       'favicon',
       '404',
       '500'
     ],

  staticClient: require('sails/node_modules/express').static(process.cwd() + '/public')

  /****************************************************************************
  *                                                                           *
  * Example custom middleware; logs each request to the console.              *
  *                                                                           *
  ****************************************************************************/

    // myRequestLogger: function (req, res, next) {
    //     console.log("Requested :: ", req.method, req.url);
    //     return next();
    // }


  /***************************************************************************
  *                                                                          *
  * The body parser that will handle incoming multipart HTTP requests. By    *
  * default as of v0.10, Sails uses                                          *
  * [skipper](http://github.com/balderdashy/skipper). See                    *
  * http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/multipart.html for other options.      *
  *                                                                          *
  * Note that Sails uses an internal instance of Skipper by default; to      *
  * override it and specify more options, make sure to "npm install skipper" *
  * in your project first.  You can also specify a different body parser or  *
  * a custom function with req, res and next parameters (just like any other *
  * middleware function).                                                    *
  *                                                                          *
  ***************************************************************************/

    // bodyParser: require('skipper')({strict: true})

  },

  /***************************************************************************
  *                                                                          *
  * The number of seconds to cache flat files on disk being served by        *
  * Express static middleware (by default, these files are in `.tmp/public`) *
  *                                                                          *
  * The HTTP static cache is only active in a 'production' environment,      *
  * since that's the only time Express will cache flat-files.                *
  *                                                                          *
  ***************************************************************************/

  // cache: 31557600000
};