README.md

Curveball Static File Middleware

This package is a middleware for Curveball. It serves static files from a directory.

Installation

npm install @curveball/static

Getting started

import { Application } from '@curveball/kernel';
import serveFiles from '@curveball/static';
import { join } from 'path';

const app = new Application();
app.use(
    serveFiles({
        // Absolute path to assets directory
        staticDir: join(__dirname, 'assets'),
    })
);

Serving files from a different directory

It is possible to serve files from a directory that doesn't math your request path.

For example:

Static Dir	Request URI
/home/app/static	/assets/app.css

You would configure it like this:

import { Application } from '@curveball/kernel';
import serveFiles from '@curveball/static';
import { join } from 'path';

const app = new Application();
app.use(
    serveFiles({
        // Absolute path to assets directory
        staticDir: join(__dirname, 'static'),
        pathPrefix: '/assets',
    })
);

API

The default export for this package is the serveFiles function. When called, this function returns a middleware. It accepts a dictionary of configuration options.

Options

• staticDir: Absolute path to assets directory. Assets cannot be served above this directory.
• pathPrefix: Request path to match if it differs from the static directory.
• maxAge: If specified, this will cause a Cache-Control: max-age=n header to be added, where n is the value of maxAge.