node-static-alias

Serve static file which is not requested file. (e.g. file.min.js is requested, serve file.js)
node-static-alias wraps (inherits) the useful module node-static, and this adds the alias option to that.
This works like the Alias mapping or the mod_rewrite of Apache. It looks like DirectoryIndex too. And this can check the file exists or not.

• Serve file.js instead of file.min.js which is not made yet, in the test phase.
• Serve the outside files of the document-root which are shared by multiple web sites in one machine.
• Serve the default page which is not index.html when */ is requested.

Synopsis

var staticAlias = require('node-static-alias');

// Document-Root: './public' directory
var fileServer = new staticAlias.Server('./public', {
  alias: {
    match: '/path/to/file.min.js',
    serve: '/path/to/file.js'
  }
});

require('http').createServer(function(request, response) {
  request.addListener('end', function() {
    fileServer.serve(request, response);
  }).resume();
}).listen(8080);

Usage

The alias option is added to the node-static via using require('node-static-alias') instead of require('node-static'). See node-static to use it.

alias

The alias included in the constructor options is an Alias-Rule Object, or an array which includes multiple Alias-Rule Objects.

  alias: {
    match: /file\.min\.(?:js|css)$/,
    serve: '/path/to/file.<% suffix %>'
  }

Or

  alias: [
    {
      match: '/path/to/file.min.js',
      serve: '/path/to/file.js'
    },
    {
      match: 'suffix=png',
      serve: '../outer/<% fileName %>',
      allowOutside: true
    }
  ]

The Alias-Rule Object can have following properties.

match

Type: string, RegExp, function or Array

Specify one of below or an Array which includes multiple things of those.
If one or more things match, the serve is parsed. If anything doesn't match, it goes to next an Alias-Rule. If all Alias-Rules don't match, it tries to serve the requested file.

• string:
  If the requested path is equal to this string, it's matched.
  Or, this can be parameter=value format (e.g. suffix=png). See Parameters. If the value is equal to the specified parameter, it's matched.

  alias: [
    {
      match: '/path/to/file.min.js',
      serve: '/path/to/file.js'
    },
    // Image files are not made yet.
    {
      match: 'suffix=png',
      serve: '/path/to/dummy.png'
    }
  ]

• RegExp:
  The RegExp which tests the requested path.

  // These image files are not made yet.
  alias: {
    match: /\/(?:foo|bar)\.png$/,
    serve: '/path/to/dummy.png'
  }

• function:
  The function which returns true or false. The Object which has parameters is passed to this function. See Parameters. Also, current request instance and response instance are passed.
  In the function, this refers to own instance.

  // Kick direct access from outside web site.
  alias: {
    match: function(params, request, response) {
      console.log(request.url + ' was requested, in the path ' + this.root);
      return params.suffix === 'jpg' &&
        params.referer.indexOf('http://mysite.com/') !== 0;
    },
    serve: '/path/to/denial.jpg'
  }

serve

Type: string, function or Array

Specify one of below or an Array which includes multiple things of those.
By default, the first file which exists is chosen to try to serve. See force. If anything doesn't exist, it goes to next an Alias-Rule. If all files of Alias-Rules don't exist, it tries to serve the requested file.

• string:
  The absolute path or relative path from the document-root of the file to serve.
  This can include parameters like <% parameter %>. See Parameters.

  // directoryIndex isn't index.html
  alias: {
    match: /\/$/,
    serve: '<% absPath %>/default.html'
  }

NOTE: If the first character of this string is / (it might be parameter), this string is absolute path. This / doesn't point the document-root. It is the root of the local filesystem. If you want the relative path from the document-root, don't specify leading /, or add . to left of leading /.

• function:
  The function which returns the absolute path or relative path from the document-root of the file to serve.
  The Object which has parameters is passed to this function. See Parameters. Also, current request instance and response instance are passed.
  In the function, this refers to own instance.

  // Minified files are not made yet.
  alias: {
    match: /\.min\.(?:js|css)$/,
    serve: function(params, request, response) {
      response.setHeader('X-serve-from', this.root);
      return params.absDir + '/' +
        params.basename.replace(/\.min$/, '.') + params.suffix;
    }
  }

  // Compile unwatched SASS now.
  alias: {
    match: 'suffix=css',
    serve: function(params) {
      require('exec-sync')('sass ' +
        params.absDir + '/' + params.basename + '.scss:' + params.absPath);
      return params.absPath;
    }
  }

force

Type: boolean

If true is specified, the first file in the serve is chosen to try to serve without checking it's existing or not. And if it doesn't exist, a 404 error occurs. Default is false.
This is used to prevent another file from being chosen unintentionally.

allowOutside

If true is specified, serving the outside files of the document-root is allowed. Default is false.

  // Shared files.
  alias: {
    match: /^\/common_lib/,
    serve: '/path/to/lib/<% fileName %>',
    allowOutside: true
  }

NOTE: If you specify true in the public server, you should specify the absolute path to the serve. Otherwise the user might access to the file that must be hidden from them.

Parameters

The string parameter=value can be specified to the match, and the string <% parameter %> can be specified to the serve.
And also, the Object which has parameters is passed to function which specified to the match and the serve.
These parameters are below.

• reqUrl
  The URL which is requested by the user. e.g. /path/to/file.ext?key1=value1&key2=value2
• reqPath
  The path which is requested by the user. e.g. /path/to/file.ext
  This might be a directory. e.g. /
• reqDir
  The path to a directory which is part of reqPath. e.g. /path/to
• absPath
  The absolute path to a requested file. e.g. /var/www/public/path/to/file.ext
• absDir
  The absolute path to a directory which is part of absPath. e.g. /var/www/public/path/to
• fileName
  The file name of a requested file. e.g. file.ext
  This might be a directory name e.g. to
  If the document-root is requested, this is empty string.
• basename
  The part of the file name except file-suffix. (. isn't included) e.g. file
• suffix
  The part of the file name which is extracted file-suffix. (. isn't included) e.g. ext
• reqQuery
  The URL query string which is part of reqUrl. e.g. key1=value1&key2=value2
• Parsed query string
  Pairs of a key beginning with a query_ and a value. e.g. query_key1: value1, query_key2: value2 from reqQuery above
  An array is extracted and each key is given [INDEX]. e.g. query_key[0]: value1, query_key[1]: value2 from key=value1&key=value2
• Request Headers
  The HTTP Request Headers from the client. These are lower-cased. e.g. referer, user-agent, etc.

Logging

The logger included in constructor options is a Logger instance of the standard Logging Library (e.g. log4js) which has info method or log method.

var log4js = require('log4js');
var logger = log4js.getLogger('node-static-alias');
logger.setLevel(log4js.levels.INFO);

var fileServer = new staticAlias.Server('./public' {
  alias: { ... },
  logger: logger
});

You can specify a simple Object which has info method or log method (e.g. console or util).
Most easy:

var fileServer = new staticAlias.Server('./public' {
  alias: { ... },
  logger: console
  //logger: require('util') // Add timestamp
});

Add project name: (But, you probably use your favorite library.)

var fileServer = new staticAlias.Server('./public' {
  alias: { ... },
  logger: {log: function() {
    var util = require('util');
    console.log('[node-static-alias] ' +  util.format.apply(util, arguments));
  }}
});

Log message example:

(/) Requested: "/var/public"
(/file.min.css) Requested: "/var/public/file.min.css"
(/file.min.css) For Serve: "/var/public/file.css" alias[3] match[1] serve[0]
(/file.min.js) Requested: "/var/public/file.min.js"
(/file.min.js) For Serve: "/var/public/file.js" alias[2] match[0] serve[1]

The (path) is the path which is requested by the user. The [number] means an index of an Array.

Files list in the Directory

This example generates a list of files and directories in requested directory when the user accessed the directory. This works like the mod_autoindex of Apache.

That looks like:

The statsFilelist is required.

npm install stats-filelist

Load that and some core modules.

var filelist = require('stats-filelist'),
  path = require('path'),
  fs = require('fs');

Specify for alias:

alias: {
  match: function(params) {
    try {
      return fs.statSync(params.absPath).isDirectory();
    } catch (error) {
      return false; // Ignore "Not found" etc.
    }
  },
  serve: function(params) {
    var indexPath = path.join(params.absPath, '.index.html');
    fs.writeFileSync(indexPath,
      '<html><body><ul>' +
      filelist.getSync(params.absPath, /^(?!.*[/\\]\.index\.html$).+$/, false)
        .map(function(stat) {
          var relPath = stat.name + (stat.isDirectory() ? '/' : '');
          return '<li><a href="' + relPath + '">' + relPath + '</a></li>';
        }).join('') +
      '</ul></body></html>');
    return indexPath;
  }
}