var http = require("http"), url = require("url"), path = require("path"), fs = require("fs") port = process.argv[2] || 8888; http.createServer(function(request, response) { var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname , filename = path.join(process.cwd(), uri); var contentTypesByExtension = { '.html': "text/html", '.css': "text/css", '.js': "text/javascript" }; fs.exists(filename, function(exists) { if(!exists) { response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}); response.write("404 Not Found\n"); response.end(); return; } if (fs.statSync(filename).isDirectory()) filename += '/index.html'; fs.readFile(filename, "binary", function(err, file) { if(err) { response.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}); response.write(err + "\n"); response.end(); return; } var headers = {}; var contentType = contentTypesByExtension[path.extname(filename)]; if (contentType) headers["Content-Type"] = contentType; response.writeHead(200, headers); response.write(file, "binary"); response.end(); }); }); }).listen(parseInt(port, 10)); console.log("Static file server running at\n => http://localhost:" + port + "/\nCTRL + C to shutdown");