Made the webroot directory configurable

config.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Sellery configuration file
 
+# Serve files from this directory (Path must be absolute)
+#   Use $WORKING_DIR to subsitute the current working directory
+#   So, if you want to server relative paths, use:
+#     $WORKING_DIR/relative/path
+#   Paths should NOT end with a '/'!
+WEBROOT = '$WORKING_DIR'
+
 # This is the SHA512 digest to check the password against
 PASSWD_HASH = 'a3c1443b087cf5338d3696f6029fdf791ee4829a27e19c9f257a06ca0d88b5b518ac9868bb13199e807553bda62d3dc15b6354862f34fcab0a7c4c45530349ea'
 
@@ -9,7 +16,7 @@ SESSION_DURATION = 600
 # The port the webserver runs on
 WEBSERVER_PORT = 443
 
-# SSL key and certificate (you have to generate these yourself)
-SSL_KEY_FILE = "key.pem"
-SSL_CERT_FILE = "cert.pem"
+# SSL key and certificate (you have to generate these yourself!)
+SSL_KEY_FILE = 'key.pem'
+SSL_CERT_FILE = 'cert.pem'
 

server.js

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ var toml = require('toml');
 // Parse config file
 const config = toml.parse(fs.readFileSync('config.toml', 'utf-8'));
 
+// Compose webroot directory
+const webrootDir = config.WEBROOT
+  .replace('$WORKING_DIR', __dirname);
+
 // Just a few mime types
 const contentTypes = {
   '.html': 'text/html',
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ function testAuthentication(request, response) {
 //! This function just serves files as they are...
 function serverStaticFiles(request, response) {
   // Fetch requested file
-  fs.readFile(__dirname + request.url, function (error, data) {
+  fs.readFile(webrootDir + request.url, function (error, data) {
     if(!error) {
         const mimetype = path.extname(request.url);
         if (!(typeof mimetype === 'undefined')) {