I would like to be able to get Express to treat several directories (not just one) as "static" -- that is, if the file is there, then serve it.
Connect's static() module seems to be geared up for people who want to make files in a specific directory available in the server's root. However, that's not what I want. What I am after, is end up with something like this:
I am looking at the source of static, which in turns uses send, which in turns defines SendStream, which takes the file path straight from the request (which is not what I want).
Are there easy ways to do this?
Merc.
what's wrong with
app.use('/modules/MODULE1', express.static('modules/MODULE1/public'))
for each module?
The answer is here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/express-js/kK9muR0mjR4
Basically:
var st = express.static(
__dirname + app.set('path.static'),
{ maxAge : app.set('static.expiry') }
);
app.get(/^\/static\/(v.+?\/)?(.+$)/, function (req, res, next) {
req.url = req.params[1];
st(req, res, next);
});
Basically, since Static consider req.url, it's a matter of hacking it so that it "looks right" when/if the path matches.
I asked TJ if he would add it as an option, he (rightly) answered:
this isn't something send() should do, you can already do this easily with connect/express with several static() middleware, you would just have to do the same but more manual with send()
https://github.com/visionmedia/send/issues/10#issuecomment-8225096