How to access and serve the static files in express

Question

I have a server.js like this:

var express = require('express');
var app=express();
app.get('/',function(req,res){
res.send(index.html); //this is stupid

});
app.listen(3000);

i have the index file in the same directory as that of server.js

Please guide.

Answer 1

Did you look at their docs at all? There's mention of static file serving in the FAQ, for example: http://expressjs.com/faq.html

Answer 2

Write this:

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));

Put all public static files in /public folder