nodejs connect usage of built in modules -> method not found

Question

when I call this node.js file

var connect = require('connect');
var app = connect();
app.use(connect.static('public'));
app.listen(3000);

I immediately get

app.use(connect.static('public'));
                      ^
TypeError: Object function createServer() {
  function app(req, res, next){ app.handle(req, res, next); }
  merge(app, proto);
  merge(app, EventEmitter.prototype);
  app.route = '/';
  app.stack = [];
  return app;
} has no method 'static'

Using Connect 3.0.1. Are there changes with the integrated modules?
If yes, how does it work then?

ohoservices · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-21T00:43:09.893

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big changes coming with connect 3: middleware modules not included any longer. Find them at github.com/expressjs. "static" is now "serve-static". It needs to be installed separately with:

npm install serve-static

The above code should now look like this:

var connect = require('connect');
var serveStatic = require('serve-static');
var app = connect();
app.use(serveStatic('public'));
app.listen(3000);

edited Jun 21 '14 at 00:43

answered Jun 21 '14 at 00:18

ohoservices

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this should be in documentation... sad is that it is not the case :( – alexserver Jun 23 '14 at 22:55
has been added now, at least here: http://github.com/senchalabs/connect/blob/master/Readme.md – ohoservices Jun 25 '14 at 10:21
I guess they are still in the process of updating the docs, still not updated here: http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/ – ohoservices Jun 25 '14 at 10:24
For the project I'm working with, I needed to change `serveStatic('public')` to `serveStatic(__dirname)` – ryentzer Jul 24 '14 at 01:51
Related: I also had to install `gulp-serve-index` and replace `connect.directory('app')` with `serveIndex('app')` – zok Nov 20 '14 at 20:16

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 25 '15 at 05:47

I had to install connect and serve-static

npm install connect

then type:

npm install serve-static

The code below will give you a nice message telling you your server is connected to port 3000.

var connect = require('connect');
var serveStatic = require('serve-static');
var app = connect();
var port = 3000;
app.use(serveStatic(__dirname));
app.listen(port);
console.log('You are connected at port '+port);

nodejs connect usage of built in modules -> method not found

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