Serve custom static files with socket.io nodejs

Question

I try to share my code betwen server and client I use following code (app.js):

var io = require('socket.io').listen(8000), 
  Static = require('socket.io').Static; 

io.configure(function () {
  var _static = new Static(io); 

  // some methods to add my custom files 

  _static.add('\public\test.js');
  io.set('static', _static);
});

My file structure looks like this:

root
- app.js
- public
  - test.js

When I type "http://localhost:8000/public.test.js" Browser download default file "Welcome to socket.io"

cmbuckley · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-08 18:19:24Z

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This question is rather old, but here's the current way to do it (for v0.9):

var io = require('socket.io').listen(8000);
io.static.add('/path/for/request.js', {file: 'path/to/file.js'});

Note that the path to the resource is relative to the socket.io path, so the request URI would be something like:

http://localhost:8000/socket.io/path/for/request.js

If you see an error like Protocol version not supported, then that means your request URI probably has an extension that the manager can't support. Here's how to add that support:

io.static.add('/path/for/request.foo', {
  mime: {
    type: 'application/javascript',
    encoding: 'utf8',
    gzip: true
  },
  file: 'path/to/file.js'
});

The documentation points at their own Static library for a working implementation.

edited Oct 8, 2013 at 18:19

answered Oct 24, 2012 at 21:09

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5 Comments

user405398 Over a year ago

damn, Just read the first 3 lines & spent 60 minutes on, "why the path is not working!!!" ewww..

user405398 Over a year ago

how do you serve all the files in a folder?

user405398 Over a year ago

i am not able to find documentation for io.static.add. could you point me one?

cmbuckley Over a year ago

The repo has been updated for the "upcoming" 1.0 release, and the documentation is in the readme. For v0.9, to which this answer refers, the wiki points at their own implementation

Jörn Berkefeld Over a year ago

the 'path/to/file.js' seems to be relative to some socket.io directory I could not find. If you use __dirname + '/path/to/file.js' instead this becomes relative to your current js-file (most likely your app.js)

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