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+++ b/plugins/mod_http_files.lua	Sun Apr 29 02:10:55 2012 +0100
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+-- Prosody IM
+-- Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Matthew Wild
+-- Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Waqas Hussain
+-- 
+-- This project is MIT/X11 licensed. Please see the
+-- COPYING file in the source package for more information.
+--
+
+module:depends("http");
+local lfs = require "lfs";
+
+local open = io.open;
+local stat = lfs.attributes;
+
+local http_base = module:get_option_string("http_files_dir", module:get_option_string("http_path", "www_files"));
+
+-- TODO: Should we read this from /etc/mime.types if it exists? (startup time...?)
+local mime_map = {
+	html = "text/html";
+	htm = "text/html";
+	xml = "text/xml";
+	xsl = "text/xml";
+	txt = "text/plain; charset=utf-8";
+	js = "text/javascript";
+	css = "text/css";
+};
+
+function serve_file(event, path)
+	local response = event.response;
+	local full_path = http_base.."/"..path;
+	if stat(full_path, "mode") == "directory" then
+		if stat(full_path.."/index.html", "mode") == "file" then
+			return serve_file(event, path.."/index.html");
+		end
+		return 403;
+	end
+	local f, err = open(full_path, "rb");
+	if not f then
+		module:log("warn", "Failed to open file: %s", err);
+		return 404;
+	end
+	local data = f:read("*a");
+	f:close();
+	if not data then
+		return 403;
+	end
+	local ext = path:match("%.([^.]*)$");
+	response.headers.content_type = mime_map[ext]; -- Content-Type should be nil when not known
+	return response:send(data);
+end
+
+module:provides("http", {
+	route = {
+		["GET /*"] = serve_file;
+	};
+});
+