Creating a Simple Static Web Server with Express.js

Install express package.

npm i express

Create a file for the server script server.js and import express module. Then create an express app and use express.static to set the static file serve options. You can provide a relative path or an absolve path and specify which directory should be the root of the server. To change the port number, provide a different one to app.listen method.

// import express module
import express from "express"

// create express app
const app = express()

// set static file serve options
app.use(express.static("D:/path/to/root"))

// start server with port
app.listen(8080, () => {
  // display server started message
  console.log("Static Server Started: http://localhost:8080")
})

Start server from command prompt.

node server.js

Open your web browser and visit the static server.

http://localhost:8080