Node.js static file server over HTTPS

serveStatic.js

// Serves static files from the www directory over HTTP
// Usage: node serveStatic.js

// generate SSL keys for supporting HTTPS
// openssl genrsa -out server-key.pem 1024
// openssl req -new -key server-key.pem -out server-csr.pem
// openssl x509 -req -in server-csr.pem -signkey server-key.pem -out server-cert.pem

"use strict";

var fs = require('fs');  
var path = require('path');  
//var https = require('https');
var http = require('http');
var mime = require('mime');
var url = require('url');

var staticBasePath = './www';

var staticServe = function(req, res) {  
    
    // Website you wish to allow to connect
    res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');

    // Request methods you wish to allow
    res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE');

    // Request headers you wish to allow
    res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'X-Requested-With,content-type');

    // Set to true if you need the website to include cookies in the requests sent
    // to the API (e.g. in case you use sessions)
    res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', true);    
    
    if (req.url === "/") {
      req.url = req.url + "index.html";
    }
	
    var filename = path.resolve(staticBasePath);
    var url_parts = url.parse(req.url);
    filename = path.join(filename, url_parts.pathname);
	
    fs.exists(filename, function (exists) {
        if (!exists) {
            res.writeHead(404, {
                "Content-Type": "text/plain"
            });
            res.write("404 Not Found\n");
            res.end();
			console.log('%s %s', res.statusCode, req.url);
            return;
        }

        fs.readFile(filename, "binary", function (err, file) {
            if (err) {
                console.log('Error: %s', err);
                res.writeHead(500, {
                    "Content-Type": "text/plain"
                });
                res.write("Server error\n");
                res.end();
				console.log('%s %s', res.statusCode, req.url);
                return;
            }

            var type = mime.getType(filename);
            res.writeHead(200, {
                "Content-Type": type
            });
            res.write(file, "binary");
            res.end();
			console.log('%s %s', res.statusCode, req.url);
        });
    });

};


//var server = https.createServer({
//    key: fs.readFileSync('server-key.pem'),
//    cert: fs.readFileSync('server-cert.pem')
//}, staticServe);

var server = http.createServer(staticServe);

var port = 8080;
console.log('Listening on port %s', port);
server.listen(port);