var http = require("http"); var fs = require("fs"); var server = http.createServer(); server.on("request", function(req, res){ fs.readFile("./sample.html", "utf-8", function(err, data){ if(err){ res.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}); res.write("not found"); return res.end(); } res.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/html"}); res.write(data); res.end(); }); }) server.listen(2000); console.log("server listening");