servatron/searchDirectoriesForPath.js

Create a handler that can server static files using the NodeJS http/http2 modules, or use the inbuilt cli server to quickly run a web server.

import path from 'path';
import { PathType, getPathInfo } from './getPathInfo.js';
/**
 * Recursively look through a list of directories to find
 * a path that exists.
 *
 * @param {Array<string>} directories An array of directory paths
 * @param {string} pathname The relative to find
 **/
export async function searchDirectoriesForPath(directories, pathname) {
    for (const directory of directories) {
        const filePath = path.join(directory, pathname);
        const filePathType = await getPathInfo(filePath);
        if (filePathType !== PathType.NotFound) {
            return {
                directory,
                filePath,
                filePathType
            };
        }
    }
    return null;
}
export default searchDirectoriesForPath;