# @fastify/static
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Plugin for serving static files as fast as possible. Supports Fastify version `4.x`.
| Fastify version | branch |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `^4.x` | This branch |
| `^3.x` | [`v5.x`](https://github.com/fastify/fastify-static/tree/v5.x) |
| `^2.x` | [`2.x`](https://github.com/fastify/fastify-static/tree/2.x) |
| `^1.11.x` | [`1.x`](https://github.com/fastify/fastify-static/tree/1.x) |
## Install
`npm i @fastify/static`
## Usage
```js
const fastify = require('fastify')({logger: true})
const path = require('node:path')
fastify.register(require('@fastify/static'), {
root: path.join(__dirname, 'public'),
prefix: '/public/', // optional: default '/'
constraints: { host: 'example.com' } // optional: default {}
})
fastify.get('/another/path', function (req, reply) {
reply.sendFile('myHtml.html') // serving path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'myHtml.html') directly
})
fastify.get('/another/patch-async', async function (req, reply) {
return reply.sendFile('myHtml.html')
})
fastify.get('/path/with/different/root', function (req, reply) {
reply.sendFile('myHtml.html', path.join(__dirname, 'build')) // serving a file from a different root location
})
fastify.get('/another/path', function (req, reply) {
reply.sendFile('myHtml.html', { cacheControl: false }) // overriding the options disabling cache-control headers
})
// Run the server!
fastify.listen({ port: 3000 }, (err, address) => {
if (err) throw err
// Server is now listening on ${address}
})
```
### Multiple prefixed roots
```js
const fastify = require('fastify')()
const fastifyStatic = require('@fastify/static')
const path = require('node:path')
// first plugin
fastify.register(fastifyStatic, {
root: path.join(__dirname, 'public')
})
// second plugin
fastify.register(fastifyStatic, {
root: path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules'),
prefix: '/node_modules/',
decorateReply: false // the reply decorator has been added by the first plugin registration
})
```
### Sending a file with `content-disposition` header
```js
const fastify = require('fastify')()
const path = require('node:path')
fastify.register(require('@fastify/static'), {
root: path.join(__dirname, 'public'),
prefix: '/public/', // optional: default '/'
})
fastify.get('/another/path', function (req, reply) {
reply.download('myHtml.html', 'custom-filename.html') // sending path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'myHtml.html') directly with custom filename
})
fastify.get('another/patch-async', async function (req, reply) {
// an async handler must always return the reply object
return reply.download('myHtml.html', 'custom-filename.html')
})
fastify.get('/path/without/cache/control', function (req, reply) {
reply.download('myHtml.html', { cacheControl: false }) // serving a file disabling cache-control headers
})
fastify.get('/path/without/cache/control', function (req, reply) {
reply.download('myHtml.html', 'custom-filename.html', { cacheControl: false })
})
```
### Options
#### `root` (required)
The absolute path of the directory that contains the files to serve.
The file to serve will be determined by combining `req.url` with the
provided root directory.
You can also provide an array of directories containing files to serve.
This is useful for serving multiple static directories under a single prefix. Files are served in a "first found, first served" manner, so the order in which you list the directories is important. For best performance, you should always list your main asset directory first. Duplicate paths will raise an error.
#### `prefix`
Default: `'/'`
A URL path prefix used to create a virtual mount path for the static directory.
#### `constraints`
Default: `{}`
Constraints that will be added to registered routes. See Fastify's documentation for
[route constraints](https://fastify.dev/docs/latest/Reference/Routes/#constraints).
#### `prefixAvoidTrailingSlash`
Default: `false`
If set to false prefix will get trailing "/" at the end. If set to true, prefix will not append "/" to prefix.
#### `schemaHide`
Default: `true`
A flag that define if the fastify route hide-schema attribute is hidden or not
#### `setHeaders`
Default: `undefined`
A function to set custom headers on the response. Alterations to the headers
must be done synchronously. The function is called as `fn(res, path, stat)`,
where the arguments are:
- `res` The response object.
- `path` The path of the file that is being sent.
- `stat` The stat object of the file that is being sent.
#### `send` Options
The following options are also supported and will be passed directly to the
[`send`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/send) module:
- [`acceptRanges`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/send#acceptranges)
- [`cacheControl`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/send#cachecontrol)
- [`dotfiles`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/send#dotfiles)
- [`etag`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/send#etag)
- [`extensions`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/send#extensions)
- [`immutable`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/send#immutable)
- [`index`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/send#index)
- [`lastModified`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/send#lastmodified)
- [`maxAge`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/send#maxage)
You're able to alter this options when calling `reply.download('filename.html', options)` or `reply.download('filename.html', 'otherfilename.html', options)` on each response to a request.
#### `redirect`
Default: `false`
If set to `true`, `@fastify/static` redirects to the directory with a trailing slash.
This option cannot be set to `true` with `wildcard` set to `false` on a server
with `ignoreTrailingSlash` set to `true`.
If this option is set to `false`, then requesting directories without trailing
slash will trigger your app's 404 handler using `reply.callNotFound()`.
#### `wildcard`
Default: `true`
If set to `true`, `@fastify/static` adds a wildcard route to serve files.
If set to `false`, `@fastify/static` globs the filesystem for all defined
files in the served folder (`${root}/**/**`), and just creates the routes needed for
those and it will not serve the newly added file on the filesystem.
The default options of https://www.npmjs.com/package/glob are applied
for getting the file list.
This option cannot be set to `false` with `redirect` set to `true` on a server
with `ignoreTrailingSlash` set to `true`.
#### `allowedPath`
Default: `(pathName, root, request) => true`
This function allows filtering the served files. Also, with the help of the request object a more complex path authentication is possible.
If the function returns `true`, the file will be served.
If the function returns `false`, Fastify's 404 handler will be called.
#### `index`
Default: `undefined`
Under the hood we use [send](https://github.com/pillarjs/send#index) lib that by default supports "index.html" files.
To disable this set false or to supply a new index pass a string or an array in preferred order.
#### `serveDotFiles`
Default: `false`
When `true`, files in hidden directories (e.g. `.foo`) will be served.
#### `list`
Default: `undefined`
If set, it provides the directory list calling the directory path.
Default response is json.
Note:
- Multi-root is not supported within the `list` option.
- If `dotfiles` option value is `deny` or `ignore`, dotfiles will be excluded.
**Example:**
```js
fastify.register(require('@fastify/static'), {
root: path.join(__dirname, 'public'),
prefix: '/public/',
index: false
list: true
})
```
Request
```bash
GET .../public
```
Response
```json
{ "dirs": ["dir1", "dir2"], "files": ["file1.png", "file2.txt"] }
```
#### `list.format`
Default: `json`
Options: `html`, `json`
Directory list can be also in `html` format; in that case, `list.render` function is required.
You can override the option with URL parameter `format`. Options are `html` and `json`.
```bash
GET .../public/assets?format=json
```
will return the response as json independent of `list.format`.
**Example:**
```js
fastify.register(require('@fastify/static'), {
root: path.join(__dirname, 'public'),
prefix: '/public/',
list: {
format: 'html',
render: (dirs, files) => {
return `
`
},
}
})
```
Request
```bash
GET .../public
```
Response
```html
```
#### `list.names`
Default: `['']`
Directory list can respond to different routes, declared in `list.names` options.
Note: if a file with the same name exists, the actual file is sent.
**Example:**
```js
fastify.register(require('@fastify/static'), {
root: path.join(__dirname, '/static'),
prefix: '/public',
prefixAvoidTrailingSlash: true,
list: {
format: 'json',
names: ['index', 'index.json', '/']
}
})
```
Dir list respond with the same content to
```bash
GET .../public
GET .../public/
GET .../public/index
GET .../public/index.json
```
#### `list.extendedFolderInfo`
Default: `undefined`
If `true` some extended information for folders will be accessible in `list.render` and in the json response.
```js
render(dirs, files) {
const dir = dirs[0];
dir.fileCount // number of files in this folder
dir.totalFileCount // number of files in this folder (recursive)
dir.folderCount // number of folders in this folder
dir.totalFolderCount // number of folders in this folder (recursive)
dir.totalSize // size of all files in this folder (recursive)
dir.lastModified // most recent last modified timestamp of all files in this folder (recursive)
}
```
Warning: This will slightly decrease the performance, especially for deeply nested file structures.
#### `list.jsonFormat`
Default: `names`
Options: `names`, `extended`
This option determines the output format when `json` is selected.
`names`:
```json
{
"dirs": [
"dir1",
"dir2"
],
"files": [
"file1.txt",
"file2.txt"
]
}
```
`extended`:
```json
{
"dirs": [
{
"name": "dir1",
"stats": {
"dev": 2100,
"size": 4096,
...
},
"extendedInfo": {
"fileCount": 4,
"totalSize": 51233,
...
}
}
],
"files": [
{
"name": "file1.txt",
"stats": {
"dev": 2200,
"size": 554,
...
}
}
]
}
```
#### `preCompressed`
Default: `false`
Try to send the brotli encoded asset first (when supported within the `Accept-Encoding` headers), retry for gzip, then the fall back to the original `pathname`. You may choose to skip compression for smaller files that don't benefit from it.
Assume this structure with the compressed asset as a sibling of the un-compressed counterpart:
```
./public
├── main.js
├── main.js.br
├── main.js.gz
├── crit.css
├── crit.css.gz
└── index.html
```
#### Disable serving
If you would just like to use the reply decorator and not serve whole directories automatically, you can simply pass the option `{ serve: false }`. This will prevent the plugin from serving everything under `root`.
#### Disabling reply decorator
The reply object is decorated with a `sendFile` function by default. If you want to
disable this, pass the option `{ decorateReply: false }`. If @fastify/static is
registered to multiple prefixes in the same route only one can initialize reply
decorators.
#### Handling 404s
If a request matches the URL `prefix` but a file cannot be found for the
request, Fastify's 404 handler will be called. You can set a custom 404
handler with [`fastify.setNotFoundHandler()`](https://fastify.dev/docs/latest/Reference/Server/#setnotfoundhandler).
When registering `@fastify/static` within an encapsulated context, the `wildcard` option may need to be set to `false` in order to support index resolution and nested not-found-handler:
```js
const app = require('fastify')();
app.register((childContext, _, done) => {
childContext.register(require('@fastify/static'), {
root: path.join(__dirname, 'docs'), // docs is a folder that contains `index.html` and `404.html`
wildcard: false
});
childContext.setNotFoundHandler((_, reply) => {
return reply.code(404).type('text/html').sendFile('404.html');
});
done();
}, { prefix: 'docs' });
```
This code will send the `index.html` for the paths `docs`, `docs/`, and `docs/index.html`. For all other `docs/` it will reply with `404.html`.
### Handling Errors
If an error occurs while trying to send a file, the error will be passed
to Fastify's error handler. You can set a custom error handler with
[`fastify.setErrorHandler()`](https://fastify.dev/docs/latest/Reference/Server/#seterrorhandler).
### Payload `stream.filename`
If you need to access the filename inside the `onSend` hook, you can use `payload.filename`.
```js
fastify.addHook('onSend', function (req, reply, payload, next) {
console.log(payload.filename)
next()
})
```
## License
Licensed under [MIT](./LICENSE)