static-here.js

var fs = require('fs'),
    http = require('http'),
    path = require('path'),
    url = require('url'),
    EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter,
    exec = require('child_process').exec,
    spawn = require('child_process').spawn;

var args = {},
    argv = process.argv.slice(2);

// Guess arguments.
for (var i = 0; i < argv.length; i++){
  arg = argv[i];
  if (arg.match(/^\d+$/)){
    args.port = arg;
  } else if (arg === 'coffee'){
    args.coffee = true;
  } else if (arg === 'fix'){
    args.fix = true;
  } else {
    args.host = arg;
  }
}

// Emulate mime if it didn't exist.
var mime;
try {
  mime = require('mime');
} catch (e) {
  mime = (function () {
    var CONTENT_TYPES = {
      'js': 'application/javascript; charset=utf-8',
      'css': 'text/css; charset=utf-8',
      'json': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
      'html': 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
      'htm': 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
      'jpg': 'image/jpeg',
      'jpeg': 'image/jpeg',
      'png': 'image/png',
      'ico': 'image/x-icon',
      'gif': 'image/gif',
      'txt': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8',
      'svg': 'image/svg+xml',
      'ttf': 'application/x-font-ttf',
      'woff': 'application/font-woff',
      'apk': 'application/vnd.android.package-archive'
    };
    return {
      lookup: function (ext) {
        ext = ext.trim();
        if (ext[0] === '.') ext = ext.slice(1);
        return CONTENT_TYPES[ext] || 'application/octet-stream';
      }
    }
  })();
}

// Simple http response.
function httpRespond(res, code, txt, headers) {
  headers = headers || {};
  txt = txt || '';
  headers['Content-Type'] = "text/plain";
  res.writeHead(code, headers);
  res.end(txt);
}

var httpCb = function (req, res) {
  var uri = url.parse(req.url).pathname;
  var filename;
  try {
      filename = decodeURIComponent(path.join(process.cwd(), uri));
  } catch (e) {
      filename = path.join(process.cwd(), uri);
  };

  fs.exists(filename, function (exists) {
    if (!exists) {
      httpRespond(res, 404, "Page Not Found!\n");
      return;
    }
    
    if (fs.statSync(filename).isDirectory()) {
      if (filename.slice(-1) !== '/') {
        // Directory with out a trailing slash.
        // redirect http://host/directory to http://host/directory/
        httpRespond(res, 302, 'Location is a folder, redirecting..', {
          'Location': uri + '/'
        });
        return;
      } else {
        filename = path.join(filename, 'index.html');
      }
    }
    
    fs.readFile(filename, 'binary', function (err, file) {
      if (err) {
        httpRespond(res, 500, err + '\n');
        return;
      }
      var ext = path.extname(filename).slice(1);
      res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': mime.lookup(ext)});
      res.write(file, 'binary');
      res.end();
    });
  }); 
};

// Assign defaults and define the start server action.
args.port = args.port || 8888;
args.host = args.host || '0.0.0.0';
var startServer = function () {
  http.createServer(httpCb).listen(args.port, args.host);
  console.log('Serving files from %s at http://%s:%s/', process.cwd(), args.host, args.port);
};

// Check the coffee flag to start watching files.
var coffee;
if (args.coffee) {
  try {
    coffee = require('coffee-script');
  } catch (e) {}
  if (coffee) {
    exec("find . -name '*.coffee'", function (err, files) {
     if (err) throw err;
     files = files.split(/\n/).filter(function (file) {
       return !!(file.trim().length);
     });
     startWatching(files);
    });
  }
}

// Watch an array of coffee files.
var startWatching = function (files) {
  if (!files.length) {
    startServer();
    return;
  }
  
  // Compile a single coffee file.
  var compileCoffee = function (filename) {
    console.log("Compiling %s", filename);
    var coffee_src = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8'),
        js_src;
    
    try{
      js_src = coffee.compile(coffee_src);
    } catch(e) {
      console.log("Error compiling %s : %s", filename, e.message);
      return;
    }
    fs.writeFileSync(filename.replace(/\.coffee$/, '.js'), js_src);
  };
  
  // initial compile pass and watch files.
  files.forEach(function (filename) {
    compileCoffee(filename);
    console.log("Watching %s", filename);
    
    fs.watchFile(filename, {interval:args.fix ? -1 : 0}, function (curr, old) {
      if (+curr.mtime != +old.mtime) compileCoffee(filename);
    });
    startServer();
  });
};

// The coffee feature will take care of starting the server.
if (!args.coffee) startServer();