javascript - Display json file in Browser using Node.JS without file extension -

i have made server using javascript , node.js shows json file in browser.

however, call site http://localhost:8888/test.json without extension. example just: http://localhost:8888/test

here server code:

var     http = require("http"),         url = require("url"),         path = require("path"),         fs = require("fs")         port = process.argv[2] || 8888;         file = (__dirname + '/test.json');  http.createserver(function(req, res) {    var uri = url.parse(req.url).pathname, filename = path.join(process.cwd(), uri);    var contenttypesbyextension = {     '.html': "text/html",     '.css':  "text/css",     '.js':   "text/javascript",     '.json': "application/json" //edited due answer - still no success :(   };    path.exists(filename, function(exists) {      if(!exists) {       res.writehead(404, {"content-type": "text/plain"});       res.write("404 not found\n");       res.end();       return;     }      fs.readfile(file, 'utf8', function (err, file) {             if (err) {                 console.log('error: ' + err);             return;         }          file = json.parse(file);         console.dir(file);          var headers = {};         var contenttype = contenttypesbyextension[path.extname(file)];         if (contenttype) headers["content-type"] = contenttype;         res.writehead(200, headers);         res.write(json.stringify(file, 0 ,3));         res.write         res.end();         });        });  }).listen(parseint(port, 10));  console.log("json parsing rest server running at\n  => http://localhost:" +  port + "/\npress ctrl + c exit , leave"); 

how can that? should use routes/express? have suggestions?

thank in advance!

cheers, vlad

your problem due content type. having extension .json triggering browser consume application/json. if remove extension need add proper content-type.

given playing around content types, can't add here, , make sure write type jsons well?

  var contenttypesbyextension = {     '.html': "text/html",     '.css':  "text/css",     '.js':   "text/javascript",     '.json': "application/json" // <---   };