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user1461607
user1461607

Reputation: 2760

How to serve files in Deno using serveFile?

My script as follows, which compiles without errors, is suppose to serve index.html, however nothing is ever sent to the browser while the page is showing it's loading.

import { serve } from "https://deno.land/[email protected]/http/server.ts";
import { serveFile } from 'https://deno.land/[email protected]/http/file_server.ts';

const server = serve({ port: 8000 });
console.log("http://localhost:8000/");

for await (const req of server) {
  console.log(req.url);
  if(req.url === '/')
    await serveFile(req, 'index.html');
}

So why is serveFile not working in this instance?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 669

Answers (1)

jps
jps

Reputation: 22535

The call to serveFile only creates a Response (status, headers, body) but doesn't send it.

You have to send it with a separate call to req.respond():

import { serve } from "https://deno.land/[email protected]/http/server.ts";
import { serveFile } from 'https://deno.land/[email protected]/http/file_server.ts';

const server = serve({ port: 8000 });
console.log("http://localhost:8000/");

for await (const req of server) {
  console.log(req.url);
  if(req.url === '/') {
    const response = await serveFile(req, 'index.html');
    req.respond(response)
  }
}

Upvotes: 1

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