How to serve static files with Node.js

If you have a folder of static files and want to serve them using Node.js, you can use a package called serve-handler.

First, install the package:

npm install serve-handler

Then, here’s an example of how to use it to create a static file server:

const serveHandler = require('serve-handler')
const http = require('http') // comes pre-installed with Node.js

http.createServer((req, res) => serveHandler(req, res, {
  public: 'path/to/folder' // folder of files to serve
})).listen(8000)

Now, if you run this Node.js script, you’ll have a static file server at localhost:8000 for the path/to/folder directory.

There are more options for serve-handler (other than public) in the documentation.