spa-ssi 0.0.23 → 0.0.25

package/README.md

@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ In the example above, if "about.html" is not found, it tries "about.mjs" from th
 
 The assumption is that such files have an export function called "render".
 
+## Support for special *.mjs references
+
+Along the lines of the previous section, if:
+
+1. Any reference is made to a file with extension *.mjs, and
+2. That javascript exports a function called "render" which expects no arguments, then
+3. If render() returns a string starting with "<", it will provide mime type text/html and render the content as HTML
+4. Else if render() returns a string starting with either "[" or "{", it will provide mime type application/json and render the content as JSOn
+5. Else it will render the content as plain text.
+
 ## Support for SPA
 
 If a page request doesn't resolve to a file, it defaults to /index.html

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "spa-ssi",
-  "version": "0.0.23",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "description": "Single Page App / Server Side Include Simple File Web Server",
   "keywords": [
     "single-page-app",

package/serve.js

@@ -46,7 +46,18 @@ class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler {
           if(test.render && typeof test.render === 'function'){
             
             const renderedContent = test.render();
-            res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": 'text/html' });
+            const firstChar = renderedContent[0];
+            let mimeType = 'text/plain';
+            switch(firstChar){
+              case '<':
+                mimeType = 'text/html';
+                break;
+              case '[':
+              case '{':
+                mimeType = 'application/json';
+                break;
+            }
+            res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type":  mimeType});
             res.end(renderedContent);
             return;
           }