$ npm install serve-static
var serveStatic = require('serve-static')
Create a new middleware function to serve files from within a given root
directory. The file to serve will be determined by combining req.url
with the provided root directory. When a file is not found, instead of
sending a 404 response, this module will instead call next()
to move on
to the next middleware, allowing for stacking and fall-backs.
Enable or disable accepting ranged requests, defaults to true.
Disabling this will not send Accept-Ranges
and ignore the contents
of the Range
request header.
Enable or disable setting Cache-Control
response header, defaults to
true. Disabling this will ignore the maxAge
option.
Set how "dotfiles" are treated when encountered. A dotfile is a file
or directory that begins with a dot ("."). Note this check is done on
the path itself without checking if the path actually exists on the
disk. If root
is specified, only the dotfiles abov
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e the root are
checked (i.e. the root itself can be within a dotfile when set
to "deny").
'allow'
No special treatment for dotfiles.'deny'
Deny a request for a dotfile and 403/next()
.'ignore'
Pretend like the dotfile does not exist and 404/next()
.
The default value is similar to 'ignore'
, with the exception that this
default will not ignore the files within a directory that begins with a dot.
Enable or disable etag generation, defaults to true.
Set file extension fallbacks. When set, if a file is not found, the given
extensions will be added to the file name and search for. The first that
exists will be served. Example: ['html', 'htm']
.
The default value is false
.
Set the middleware to have client errors fall-through as just unhandled
requests, otherwise forward a client error. The difference is that client
errors like a bad request or a request to a non-existent file will cause
this middleware to simply next()
to your next middleware when this value
is true
. When this value is false
, these errors (even 404s), will invoke
next(err)
.
Typically true
is desired such that multiple physical directories can be
mapped to the same web address or for routes to fill in non-existent files.
The value false
can be used if this middleware is mounted at a path that
is designed to be strictly a single file system directory, which allows for
short-circuiting 404s for less overhead. This middleware will also reply to
all methods.
The default value is true
.
Allow POST method request.
By default this module will send "index.html" files in response to a request
on a directory. To disable this set false
or to supply a new index pass a
string or an array in preferred order.
Enable or disable Last-Modified
header, defaults to true. Uses the file
system's last modified value.
Provide a max-age in milliseconds for http caching, defaults to 0. This can also be a string accepted by the ms module.
Redirect to trailing "/" when the pathname is a dir. Defaults to true
.
Function to set custom headers on response. Alterations to the headers need to
occur synchronously. The function is called as fn(res, path, stat)
, where
the arguments are:
res
the response objectpath
the file path that is being sentstat
the stat object of the file that is being sent
var finalhandler = require('finalhandler')
var http = require('http')
var serveStatic = require('serve-static')
// Serve up public/ftp folder
var serve = serveStatic('public/ftp', {'index': ['index.html', 'index.htm']})
// Create server
var server = http.createServer(function onRequest (req, res) {
serve(req, res, finalhandler(req, res))
})
// Listen
server.listen(3000)
var contentDisposition = require('content-disposition')
var finalhandler = require('finalhandler')
var http = require('http')
var serveStatic = require('serve-static')
// Serve up public/ftp folder
var serve = serveStatic('public/ftp', {
'index': false,
'setHeaders': setHeaders
})
// Set header to force download
function setHeaders(res, path) {
res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', contentDisposition(path))
}
// Create server
var server = http.createServer(function onRequest (req, res) {
serve(req, res, finalhandler(req, res))
})
// Listen
server.listen(3000)
This is a simple example of using Express.
var express = require('express')
var serveStatic = require('serve-static')
var app = express()
app.use(serveStatic('public/ftp', {'index': ['default.html', 'default.htm']}))
app.listen(3000)
This example shows a simple way to search through multiple directories.
Files are look for in public-optimized/
first, then public/
second as
a fallback.
var express = require('express')
var serveStatic = require('serve-static')
var app = express()
app.use(serveStatic(__dirname + '/public-optimized'))
app.use(serveStatic(__dirname + '/public'))
app.listen(3000)
This example shows how to set a different max age depending on the served file type. In this example, HTML files are not cached, while everything else is for 1 day.
var express = require('express')
var serveStatic = require('serve-static')
var app = express()
app.use(serveStatic(__dirname + '/public', {
maxAge: '1d',
setHeaders: setCustomCacheControl
}))
app.listen(3000)
function setCustomCacheControl (res, path) {
if (serveStatic.mime.lookup(path) === 'text/html') {
// Custom Cache-Control for HTML files
res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=0')
}
}