使用Node.js和Socket.IO服务静态文件

Question

Although I already browsed some answers both here on SO and the net, I didn't find what I was looking for. I am also a newb in Node.js so perhaps that's the problem.

This is the code that I have and need for starting Node and Socket.IO:

var app = require('express')();
var http = require('http').Server(app);
var io = require('socket.io')(http);

What I need next would be something like this:

http.use(app.static(__dirname + "/public"));

"app has no method 'static' " is my problem. I tried several other combinations to get both what I read on the net regarding including static css and js and serving httpServer instance to Socket.IO.

Thanks :)

Answer 1

Try this:

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

express.static is the method you're looking for, not app.static , though they would seem identical.

Also, see this for an example of an application using both socket.io and express. Note that they only use the http server for socket.io , not serving the web pages.