Question

I want to serve html files from a folder if they exist, otherwise fallback to the dynamic app.

currently I use something like:

var express = require('express');
var app = express()
, server = require('http').createServer(app)
, io = require('socket.io').listen(server);

server.listen(4444);

app.use("/", express.static(__dirname + '/../WebContent/index.html'));
app.use("/styles", express.static(__dirname + '/../WebContent/styles'));
app.use("/script", express.static(__dirname + '/../WebContent/script'));

//here I would like to define a rule like this:
//app.use("*.html", express.static(__dirname + '/../WebContent/*html'));

How can I achieve this?

Some tutorials use a module called connect. If it’s the most elegant solution to my problem, how can I integrate connect to my current code?

Answer 1

You don’t have to do anything special.

i’m assuming the WebContent folder is in the root.

And if all your static content are in the same base folder like you’ve shown, you don’t have to specify it multiple times.

 app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/WebContent'));

if you have a file called file.html in the WebContent folder you can now access it via the url i.e. localhost:4444/file.html