npm package: @nestjs/serve-static
Description: Nest - modern, fast, powerful node.js web framework (@serve-static)
Author: Kamil Mysliwiec
Latest version: 5.0.5

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## Description

`@nestjs/serve-static` package for [Nest](https://github.com/nestjs/nest), useful to serve static content like Single Page Applications (SPA). However, if you are building MVC application or want to serve assets files (images, docs), use the `useStaticAssets()` method (read more [here](https://docs.nestjs.com/techniques/mvc)) instead.

## Installation

```bash
$ npm i --save @nestjs/serve-static
```

## Example

See full example [here](https://github.com/nestjs/nest/tree/master/sample/24-serve-static).

## Usage

Simply import `ServeStaticModule` in your Nest application.

```typescript
import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { join } from 'path';
import { ServeStaticModule } from '@nestjs/serve-static';

@Module({
  imports: [
    ServeStaticModule.forRoot({
      rootPath: join(__dirname, '..', 'client')
    })
  ]
})
export class ApplicationModule {}
```

## API Spec

The `forRoot()` method takes an options object with a few useful properties.

| Property             | Type            | Description                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `rootPath`           | string          | Static files root directory. Default: `"client"`                                                                                                                                                     |
| `serveRoot`          | string          | Root path under which static app will be served. Default: `""`                                                                                                                                       |
| `renderPath`         | string / RegExp | Path to render static app (concatenated with the `serveRoot` value). Default: \* (wildcard - all paths). Note: `RegExp` is not supported by the `@nestjs/platform-fastify`.                          |
| `exclude`            | string[]        | Paths to exclude when serving the static app. WARNING! Not supported by `fastify`. If you use `fastify`, you can exclude routes using regexp (set the `renderPath` to a regular expression) instead. |
| `serveStaticOptions` | Object          | Serve static options (static files)                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `useGlobalPrefix`    | boolean         | If `true`, static app will be prefixed by the global prefix set through `setGlobalPrefix()`. Default: `false` https://docs.nestjs.com/faq/global-prefix                                              |

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## License

Nest is [MIT licensed](LICENSE).