Question

There is a style.css in public, but I can’t seem to make the express static option work. I deleted express and have done npm install express, but still it isn’t working. I just get a 404 error.

var express = require('express')
  , app = express.createServer();

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

app.listen(8080, "127.0.0.1");

I have added an app.get() block to insure express is properly running, but I am still unable to request the static file.

Answer 1

Works just fine for me.

app.js

var express = require('express')
  , app = express.createServer();

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

app.listen(8080, "127.0.0.1");

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mkdir public
cd public
touch README

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README

test

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$ curl http://localhost:8080/README
test

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$ npm ls
connect@1.6.1
express@2.4.4