I m very new to Node.js and Socket.io. I have built a very basic web server however when using it, I am unable to load the socket.io client file (I get a 404).
I am trying to use this client side code:
<script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
My understanding is that Node should pick this up and resolve it? It does on a much simpler web server example.
My web server example where it is NOT resolved is as follows:
var server = http.createServer(function (request, response) {
console.log('request starting...');
var filePath = '.' + request.url;
if (filePath == './')
filePath = './index.html';
var extname = path.extname(filePath);
var contentType = 'text/html';
switch (extname) {
case '.js':
contentType = 'text/javascript';
break;
case '.css':
contentType = 'text/css';
break;
}
path.exists(filePath, function(exists) {
if (exists) {
fs.readFile(filePath, function(error, content) {
if (error) {
response.writeHead(500);
response.end();
}
else {
response.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': contentType });
response.end(content, 'utf-8');
}
});
}
else {
response.writeHead(404);
response.end();
}
});
My web server code where it DOES resolve is as follows:
app.listen(8080);
function handler (req, res) {
fs.readFile(__dirname + '/index.html',
function (err, data) {
if (err) {
res.writeHead(500);
return res.end('Error loading index.html');
}
res.writeHead(200);
res.end(data);
});
}
Can anyone advise on what is causing it not serve the socket.io file on the client using the first web server example?
Best regards, Ben.