node.js - home page doesn't load but other pages do - node.js

Question

I'm learning node.js. This code is from a class. It has if else statements. The point is to simplify it and one of the ways I'm doing is using switch case. I'm not sure why the home page doesn't load but "other page" and other other page" does.
As a secondary problem, does figlet work on windows? I use npm install figlet in my node_modules folder. Not sure if I can post multiple problems in one thread. If not, I would like to have my home page solved first.
const http = require("http");
const fs = require("fs");
const url = require("url");
const querystring = require("querystring");
// const figlet = require("figlet");
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
const page = url.parse(req.url).pathname;
const params = querystring.parse(url.parse(req.url).query);
console.log(page);
switch (page) {
case "/":
fs.readFile("index.html", function (err, data) {
res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "text/html" });
res.write(data);
res.end();
});
break;
case "/otherpage":
fs.readFile("otherpage.html", function (err, data) {
res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "text/html" });
res.write(data);
res.end();
});
break;
case "/otherotherpage":
fs.readFile("otherotherpage.html", function (err, data) {
res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "text/html" });
res.write(data);
res.end();
});
break;
case "/api":
if ("student" in params) {
if (params["student"] == "leon") {
res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" });
const objToJson = {
name: "leon",
status: "Boss Man",
currentOccupation: "Baller",
};
res.end(JSON.stringify(objToJson));
} else if (params["student"] != "leon") {
res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" });
const objToJson = {
name: "unknown",
status: "unknown",
currentOccupation: "unknown",
};
res.end(JSON.stringify(objToJson));
}
}
break;
case "/ccs/style.css":
fs.readFile("css/style.css", function (err, data) {
res.write(data);
res.end();
});
break;
case "/js/main.js":
fs.readFile("js/main.js", function (err, data) {
res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "text/javascript" });
res.write(data);
res.end();
});
break;
default:
figlet("404!!", function (err, data) {
if (err) {
console.log("Something went wrong...");
console.dir(err);
return;
}
res.write(data);
res.end();
});
}
});
server.listen(8000);

Answer 1

Did you tried using empty string "" instead of "/" in your case?