Chapter 6: index.js cannot serve static files this way ! about mean1 HOT 3 OPEN

// from ./responseGenerator.js
// (...)
exports.staticFile = function (staticPath) {

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  return function(data, response) {

    var readStream;

    // Fix so routes to /home and /home.html both work.
    data = data.replace(/^(\/home)(.html)?$/i,'$1.html');
    data = '.' + staticPath + data;

    fs.stat(data, function (error, stats) {

      if (error || stats.isDirectory()) {
        return exports.send404(response);
      }

      readStream = fs.createReadStream(data);
      return readStream.pipe(response);
    });
  }
}

// from index.js
var responder = require('./responseGenerator');
var staticFile = responder.staticFile('/public');