example_server.js

/**
 * Author: Yakov Khalinsky (yakov@ninebyt.es)
 * File: static.js
 * Description: A simple implementation of a static file service for node.js
 */

var http = require("http");
var static = require("./lib/static.js");

/**
 * An example custom function to deal with 404's returned by the static module
 * You could use this to either provide a custom 404 or just fallback to other routes
 */
function notFoundErrors(req, res, code, message) {
	console.log('running callback for not found errors:');
	console.log(code + ': ' + message);
	res.writeHead(code);
	res.end(message);
	return;
}

// initialise the static file server
static.init({
	basePath : './public',
	pathMatch : [ '/img', '/css', '/js', '/html' ],
	errorMessage : '404 Not Found',
	errorCallback : notFoundErrors, 
	logging : true
});

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  static.serve(req, res);	// attempt to serve the static files
}).listen(1337);