Node.js Express Automatic Routing

Question

I am building a Node.js application that has many .html files. Rather than having to go and specify a routing for each and every one of them, is there a way for the routing to be done automatically?

Ideally this would happen:

Request received for "/Test.html". It then checks a given folder for a file called "Test.html". I can optionally override this automatic wiring.

Answer 1

I recommend using Express.js and it's static middleware:

app.configure(function(){
  ...
  var oneYear = 31557600000;
  app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public', { maxAge: oneYear }));
});

If a request to /test.html is made, then the static middleware looks into the "public" folder and checks if the file exists (if it exists it serves it).