Serve static .json file in Nodejs with expressjs and serve-static

Question

I Have the following code:

...
var servceStatic = require("serve-static");
var app = express();

app.use(express.compress());
app.use(servceStatic('static'));
...

Somehow it manages to serve all kind of files except those that end with ".json". Why is this?

Answer 1

you don´t need this module serve-static, because it is build in in express:

create a public folder and than just add this line to your code after your instantiation of express:

var path = require('path');
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

This should hand out all your files including the JSON files.