Giving error while creating server using node js

Question

I created this javascript file , index.html , about.html , contact.html , services.html in a same folder (tut67) but still it is giving error for each html file . (I use MacBook Air).

Code is given below :::

const http = require('http');
const fs = require('fs');

const hostname = '127.0.0.1';

const port = 3000;

const home = fs.readFileSync('index.html');

const about = fs.readFileSync('./about.html');

const contact = fs.readFileSync('./contact.html');

const services = fs.readFileSync('./services.html');

const server = http.createServer((req,res)=>{
    console.log(req.url);

    res.statusCode = 200;
    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
    res.end(home);
});

server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
    console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
});

Error is given below :::

internal/fs/utils.js:307
    throw err;
    ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'index.html'

    at Object.openSync (fs.js:476:3)
    at Object.readFileSync (fs.js:377:35)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/shouryasharma/Desktop/Web Dev/tut67/index.js:7:17)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:928:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:769:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:72:12)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47 {
  errno: -2,
  syscall: 'open',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: 'index.html'
}

Dharman · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-22 10:08:19Z

Node doesn't understand where your files exactly are, even though they are in the same directory. Assuming this is your directory structure:

tut67
     | index.html
     | about.html
     | contact.html
     | services.html
     | app.js

This would be the contents of app.js:

const http = require('http');
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
const port = 3000;

const home = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'index.html')).toString();
// const about = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'about.html')).toString();
// const contact = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'contact.html')).toString();
// const services = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'services.html')).toString();

// create the http server
const server = http.createServer((req,res) => {
    console.log(req.url);
    res.statusCode = 200;
    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
    res.end(home);
});

server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
    console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
});

Sample contents for index.html could be:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Hello World</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello World!</p>
</body>
</html>

This would render out index.html and log the request url to the console appropriately. Keep in mind the unused variables can be (and should be) commented out.

eliotttak · Accepted Answer · 2025-06-12 17:01:43Z

You should use __dirname (a constant that define the absolute path to the folder where is the current script):

const http = require('http');
const fs = require('fs');

const hostname = '127.0.0.1';

const port = 3000;

const home = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/index.html');

const about = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/about.html');

const contact = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/contact.html');

const services = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/services.html');

const server = http.createServer((req,res)=>{
    console.log(req.url);

    res.statusCode = 200;
    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
    res.end(home);
});

server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
    console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
});

With this method, the fs.readFileSync() method will know exactly where the file is located. The only thing I don't understand is why fs throws an error. On my PC it doesn't, but I think it's because I'm using Windows and you're using macOS.

vishal patil · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-07 07:19:07Z

0

I am not able to reproduce your error, You can achieve your goal like this also.

const http = require('http'); const fs = require('fs');

const hostname = '127.0.0.1';

const port = 3000;

const home = fs.readFileSync('index.html');


const server = http.createServer((req,res)=>{ console.log(req.url);

res.statusCode = 200;
res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
fs.createReadStream('index.html').pipe(res)
;
});

server.listen(port, hostname, () => { console.log(`Server running at http:${hostname}:${port}`); });

answered Apr 7, 2021 at 7:19

vishal patil

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Tyler2P · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-07 20:15:25Z

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Please enter the folder name before the html file name:

const home = fs.readFileSync('introbackend/home.html');

edited Nov 7, 2022 at 20:15

Tyler2P

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