static response via request.send

[captn3m0]

I wanted to write a complete application using restify, which would be mostly a webservice, but with a few (2-3) client. The issue is that I am unable to server simple static resources using restify as it automatically json-encodes them.

If file test.html contains 1234

Then

server.get('/',function(req,res){
fs.readFile('test.html','utf-8',function(err,data){
    if(err){
        res.send(100,{msg:"There was an error in handling your request"});
        err.next();
    }
    else{
        console.log(data);
        res.send(200,data,{'Content-Type':'text/html; charset=utf-8'});
    }
});
});

gives me "1234\n" as the output on opening localhost:8080/ on the browser.

I was able to make this work by following the example in http://mcavage.github.com/node-restify/restify-response.7.html but I feel that it should be easier to send simple html responses. (Instead of going around res.write)

[mcavage]

This is actually possible by using a custom contentWriter (here's one I use for text/plain):

server = restify.createServer({
  accept: ['text/plain', 'application/json', 'text/html', 'image/png'],
  contentWriters: {
    'text/plain': function(obj) {
      if (!obj)
        return '';
      if (typeof(obj) === 'string')
        return obj;
      return JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2);
    }
  }
});

And later on res.send(HttpCodes.Ok, 'Hello World');

That will get automatically invoked based on the client's accept header. Does that help?

[captn3m0]

Thanks, that should do.