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# send |
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[![NPM Version][npm-version-image]][npm-url] |
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[![Linux Build][github-actions-ci-image]][github-actions-ci-url] |
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Send is a library for streaming files from the file system as a http response |
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supporting partial responses (Ranges), conditional-GET negotiation (If-Match, |
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If-Unmodified-Since, If-None-Match, If-Modified-Since), high test coverage, |
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and granular events which may be leveraged to take appropriate actions in your |
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application or framework. |
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Looking to serve up entire folders mapped to URLs? Try [serve-static](https://www.npmjs.org/package/serve-static). |
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## Installation |
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This is a [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) module available through the |
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[npm registry](https://www.npmjs.com/). Installation is done using the |
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[`npm install` command](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-npm-packages-locally): |
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```bash |
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$ npm install send |
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``` |
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## API |
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```js |
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var send = require('send') |
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``` |
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### send(req, path, [options]) |
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Create a new `SendStream` for the given path to send to a `res`. The `req` is |
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the Node.js HTTP request and the `path` is a urlencoded path to send (urlencoded, |
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not the actual file-system path). |
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#### Options |
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##### acceptRanges |
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Enable or disable accepting ranged requests, defaults to true. |
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Disabling this will not send `Accept-Ranges` and ignore the contents |
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of the `Range` request header. |
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##### cacheControl |
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Enable or disable setting `Cache-Control` response header, defaults to |
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true. Disabling this will ignore the `immutable` and `maxAge` options. |
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##### dotfiles |
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Set how "dotfiles" are treated when encountered. A dotfile is a file |
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or directory that begins with a dot ("."). Note this check is done on |
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the path itself without checking if the path actually exists on the |
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disk. If `root` is specified, only the dotfiles above the root are |
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checked (i.e. the root itself can be within a dotfile when when set |
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to "deny"). |
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- `'allow'` No special treatment for dotfiles. |
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- `'deny'` Send a 403 for any request for a dotfile. |
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- `'ignore'` Pretend like the dotfile does not exist and 404. |
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The default value is _similar_ to `'ignore'`, with the exception that |
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this default will not ignore the files within a directory that begins |
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with a dot, for backward-compatibility. |
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##### end |
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Byte offset at which the stream ends, defaults to the length of the file |
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minus 1. The end is inclusive in the stream, meaning `end: 3` will include |
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the 4th byte in the stream. |
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##### etag |
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Enable or disable etag generation, defaults to true. |
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##### extensions |
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If a given file doesn't exist, try appending one of the given extensions, |
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in the given order. By default, this is disabled (set to `false`). An |
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example value that will serve extension-less HTML files: `['html', 'htm']`. |
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This is skipped if the requested file already has an extension. |
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##### immutable |
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Enable or disable the `immutable` directive in the `Cache-Control` response |
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header, defaults to `false`. If set to `true`, the `maxAge` option should |
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also be specified to enable caching. The `immutable` directive will prevent |
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supported clients from making conditional requests during the life of the |
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`maxAge` option to check if the file has changed. |
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##### index |
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By default send supports "index.html" files, to disable this |
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set `false` or to supply a new index pass a string or an array |
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in preferred order. |
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##### lastModified |
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Enable or disable `Last-Modified` header, defaults to true. Uses the file |
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system's last modified value. |
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##### maxAge |
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Provide a max-age in milliseconds for http caching, defaults to 0. |
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This can also be a string accepted by the |
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[ms](https://www.npmjs.org/package/ms#readme) module. |
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##### root |
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Serve files relative to `path`. |
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##### start |
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Byte offset at which the stream starts, defaults to 0. The start is inclusive, |
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meaning `start: 2` will include the 3rd byte in the stream. |
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#### Events |
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The `SendStream` is an event emitter and will emit the following events: |
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- `error` an error occurred `(err)` |
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- `directory` a directory was requested `(res, path)` |
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- `file` a file was requested `(path, stat)` |
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- `headers` the headers are about to be set on a file `(res, path, stat)` |
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- `stream` file streaming has started `(stream)` |
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- `end` streaming has completed |
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#### .pipe |
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The `pipe` method is used to pipe the response into the Node.js HTTP response |
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object, typically `send(req, path, options).pipe(res)`. |
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### .mime |
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The `mime` export is the global instance of of the |
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[`mime` npm module](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mime). |
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This is used to configure the MIME types that are associated with file extensions |
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as well as other options for how to resolve the MIME type of a file (like the |
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default type to use for an unknown file extension). |
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## Error-handling |
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By default when no `error` listeners are present an automatic response will be |
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made, otherwise you have full control over the response, aka you may show a 5xx |
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page etc. |
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## Caching |
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It does _not_ perform internal caching, you should use a reverse proxy cache |
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such as Varnish for this, or those fancy things called CDNs. If your |
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application is small enough that it would benefit from single-node memory |
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caching, it's small enough that it does not need caching at all ;). |
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## Debugging |
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To enable `debug()` instrumentation output export __DEBUG__: |
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``` |
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$ DEBUG=send node app |
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``` |
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## Running tests |
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``` |
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$ npm install |
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$ npm test |
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``` |
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## Examples |
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### Serve a specific file |
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This simple example will send a specific file to all requests. |
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```js |
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var http = require('http') |
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var send = require('send') |
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var server = http.createServer(function onRequest (req, res) { |
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send(req, '/path/to/index.html') |
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.pipe(res) |
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}) |
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server.listen(3000) |
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``` |
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### Serve all files from a directory |
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This simple example will just serve up all the files in a |
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given directory as the top-level. For example, a request |
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`GET /foo.txt` will send back `/www/public/foo.txt`. |
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```js |
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var http = require('http') |
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var parseUrl = require('parseurl') |
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var send = require('send') |
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var server = http.createServer(function onRequest (req, res) { |
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send(req, parseUrl(req).pathname, { root: '/www/public' }) |
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.pipe(res) |
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}) |
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server.listen(3000) |
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``` |
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### Custom file types |
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```js |
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var http = require('http') |
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var parseUrl = require('parseurl') |
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var send = require('send') |
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// Default unknown types to text/plain |
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send.mime.default_type = 'text/plain' |
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// Add a custom type |
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send.mime.define({ |
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'application/x-my-type': ['x-mt', 'x-mtt'] |
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}) |
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var server = http.createServer(function onRequest (req, res) { |
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send(req, parseUrl(req).pathname, { root: '/www/public' }) |
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.pipe(res) |
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}) |
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server.listen(3000) |
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``` |
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### Custom directory index view |
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This is a example of serving up a structure of directories with a |
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custom function to render a listing of a directory. |
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```js |
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var http = require('http') |
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var fs = require('fs') |
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var parseUrl = require('parseurl') |
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var send = require('send') |
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// Transfer arbitrary files from within /www/example.com/public/* |
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// with a custom handler for directory listing |
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var server = http.createServer(function onRequest (req, res) { |
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send(req, parseUrl(req).pathname, { index: false, root: '/www/public' }) |
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.once('directory', directory) |
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.pipe(res) |
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}) |
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server.listen(3000) |
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// Custom directory handler |
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function directory (res, path) { |
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var stream = this |
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// redirect to trailing slash for consistent url |
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if (!stream.hasTrailingSlash()) { |
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return stream.redirect(path) |
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} |
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// get directory list |
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fs.readdir(path, function onReaddir (err, list) { |
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if (err) return stream.error(err) |
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// render an index for the directory |
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res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8') |
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res.end(list.join('\n') + '\n') |
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}) |
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} |
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``` |
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### Serving from a root directory with custom error-handling |
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```js |
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var http = require('http') |
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var parseUrl = require('parseurl') |
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var send = require('send') |
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var server = http.createServer(function onRequest (req, res) { |
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// your custom error-handling logic: |
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function error (err) { |
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res.statusCode = err.status || 500 |
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res.end(err.message) |
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} |
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// your custom headers |
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function headers (res, path, stat) { |
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// serve all files for download |
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res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', 'attachment') |
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} |
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// your custom directory handling logic: |
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function redirect () { |
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res.statusCode = 301 |
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res.setHeader('Location', req.url + '/') |
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res.end('Redirecting to ' + req.url + '/') |
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} |
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// transfer arbitrary files from within |
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// /www/example.com/public/* |
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send(req, parseUrl(req).pathname, { root: '/www/public' }) |
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.on('error', error) |
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.on('directory', redirect) |
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.on('headers', headers) |
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.pipe(res) |
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}) |
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server.listen(3000) |
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``` |
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## License |
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[MIT](LICENSE) |
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[appveyor-image]: https://badgen.net/appveyor/ci/dougwilson/send/master?label=windows |
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[appveyor-url]: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/dougwilson/send |
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[coveralls-image]: https://badgen.net/coveralls/c/github/pillarjs/send/master |
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[coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/pillarjs/send?branch=master |
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[github-actions-ci-image]: https://badgen.net/github/checks/pillarjs/send/master?label=linux |
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[github-actions-ci-url]: https://github.com/pillarjs/send/actions/workflows/ci.yml |
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[node-image]: https://badgen.net/npm/node/send |
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[node-url]: https://nodejs.org/en/download/ |
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[npm-downloads-image]: https://badgen.net/npm/dm/send |
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[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/send |
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[npm-version-image]: https://badgen.net/npm/v/send
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