Equivalent to sendFile in restify

Question

I would like to show a page when calling a route on Node using restify

No express use like this:

app.get('/', (req, res)=>{
    res.sendFile(__dirname+'/index.html')
})

What it would be like in restify?

If I try that way

TypeError: res.sendFile is not a function

Answer 1

You can use the API server-Static-restify for sending static files using the method restify.plugins.serveStatic().

I came to read the documentation, looking for a method similar to Express, but I find that this API is dedicated to serving static files. I think this can help your problem, follow the example:

  const restify = require('restify');

  const server = restify.createServer();

  // exemplo GET para a url: 'localhost:8080/home/'
  server.get('/home/*', restify.plugins.serveStatic({
    'directory': './front-end', // voce colocaria o valor do '__dirname'.
    'default': 'index.html' // arquivo html a ser enviado.
  }));

  const respond = (req, res, next) => {
   res.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
   res.send({ msg: "Mensgem via AJAX!" });
   return next();
  }

  server.listen(8080, function() {
   console.log('Servindo arquivo estaticos na porta: ' + 8080);
  });

In this example, the specified route and directory will serve the file located in ./front-end/home/index.html</b>.

Script in index.html for AJAX call:

<script>
  document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", e => {
    const data = fetch("/api/home", {
      method: "POST"
    }).then(response => {
      response.json().then(data => {
        console.log(data);
      });
    });
  });
</script>

on the API serves-Static-restify .