basic-node-server 1.0.13 → 1.0.15

package/README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ npm install basic-node-server
 Then, you can run it from your project directory:
 
 ```
-npx bns [port] [404.page]
+npx bns [port] 404=[404.page]
 ```
 
 The [port] argument is optional. If no port is given, it will default to 3000.
@@ -29,5 +29,11 @@ npx bns 8080
 If you need to setup additional 404 page you can do so by:
 
 ```
-npx bns 8080 your404page.html
+npx bns 8080 404=your404page.html
+```
+
+If you need to set response header to have no-caching settings:
+
+```
+npx bns 8080 404=your404page.html no-cache=true
 ```

package/bns.js

@@ -4,8 +4,36 @@ const http = require('http');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 
-const port = process.argv[2] || 3000; // Set the port from the command line argument or default to 3000
-const notFoundFile = process.argv?.[3] || null;
+let port = process.argv[2] || 3000; // Set the port from the command line argument or default to 3000
+try{
+    port = parseInt(port);
+    if (isNaN(port) || port < 1 || port > 65535) {
+        console.log('Invalid port number. Falling back to default port 3000.');
+        port = 3000;
+    }
+}
+catch (error) {
+    console.log('Invalid port number. Falling back to default port 3000.');
+    port = 3000;
+}
+
+let notFoundFile = null;
+let noCache = false;
+
+// loop through the arguments from index 3
+for (let i = 2; i < process.argv.length; i++) {
+    if (process.argv[i].startsWith('404=')) {
+        notFoundFile = notFoundFile.split('=').slice(1).join('=');
+    }
+    else if (process.argv[i] === 'no-cache=true') {
+        noCache = true;
+    }
+    // else if it's a file name
+    else if (process.argv[i].endsWith('.html') || process.argv[i].endsWith('.htm') || process.argv[i].endsWith('.txt')) {
+        notFoundFile = process.argv[i];
+    }
+}
+
 const mimeJson = path.join(__dirname, '/mime.json');
 
 const getContentType = (() => {
@@ -21,6 +49,13 @@ const getContentType = (() => {
     })
 })();
 
+function setNoCache(res) {
+    res.setNoCache('Cache-Control', 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate');
+    res.setNoCache('Pragma', 'no-cache');
+    res.setNoCache('Expires', '0');
+    return res;
+}
+
 const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
     // Extract the file path from the request URL
     let filePath = path.join(process.cwd(), req.url);
@@ -94,6 +129,10 @@ const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
                     } else {
                         // Send the file contents as the response
                         res.statusCode = 200;
+                        // set no-cache header if noCache is true
+                        if (noCache) {
+                            setNoCache(res);
+                        }
                         res.end(data);
                     }
                 });
@@ -104,4 +143,11 @@ const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
 
 server.listen(port, () => {
     console.log(`Server running on port ${port}`);
+    console.log(`404 file: ${notFoundFile}`);
+    console.log(`No cache: ${noCache}`);
+    console.log(`Serving files from: ${process.cwd()}`);
+    console.log(`Use Ctrl+C to stop the server`);
+    console.log(`Use 'bns.js <port> 404=<file>' to set a custom 404 file`);
+    console.log(`Use 'bns.js <port> no-cache=true' to set no-cache headers`);
+    console.log(`Use 'bns.js <port> 404=<file> no-cache=true' to set a custom 404 file and no-cache headers`);
 });

package/index.html

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 <h2>How to use</h2>
 <pre>
-node bns [port] [404 file]
+node bns [port] 404=[404 file] no-cache=[true]
 </pre>
 <p>
     The [port] argument is optional. If no port is given, it will default to 3000.
@@ -23,12 +23,20 @@ node bns [port] [404 file]
 node bns 8080
 </pre>
 <p>
-    The [404 file] argument is optional. If file location is given, it will respond the file on 404.
+    The 404=[404 file] argument is optional. If file location is given, it will respond the file on 404.
     <br>
     For example, if you want your 404 page to be 404.html on port 8080, you would run:
 </p>
 <pre>
-node bns 8080 404.html
+node bns 8080 404=404.html
+</pre>
+<p>
+    The no-cache=[true] argument is optional. If no-cache option is given, it will respond with no-cache headers.
+    <br>
+    For example, if you want to prevent your page from being cached, you would run:
+</p>
+<pre>
+node bns no-cache=true
 </pre>
 <h2>NPM</h2>
 <pre>
@@ -38,5 +46,5 @@ npm install basic-node-server
     Then, you can run it from your project directory:
 </p>
 <pre>
-npx bns [port] [404 file]
+npx bns [port] 404=[404 file] no-cache=[true]
 </pre>

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "basic-node-server",
-  "version": "1.0.13",
+  "version": "1.0.15",
   "description": "Basic node server for everyone.",
   "main": "bns.js",
   "scripts": {