Serve custom static files with socket.io nodejs - node.js

Question

I try to share my code betwen server and client I use following code (app.js):
var io = require('socket.io').listen(8000),
Static = require('socket.io').Static;
io.configure(function () {
var _static = new Static(io);
// some methods to add my custom files
_static.add('\public\test.js');
io.set('static', _static);
});
My file structure looks like this:
root
app.js
public
test.js
When I type "http://localhost:8000/public.test.js" Browser download default file "Welcome to socket.io"

Answer 1

This question is rather old, but here's the current way to do it (for v0.9):
var io = require('socket.io').listen(8000);
io.static.add('/path/for/request.js', {file: 'path/to/file.js'});
Note that the path to the resource is relative to the socket.io path, so the request URI would be something like:
http://localhost:8000/socket.io/path/for/request.js
If you see an error like Protocol version not supported, then that means your request URI probably has an extension that the manager can't support. Here's how to add that support:
io.static.add('/path/for/request.foo', {
mime: {
type: 'application/javascript',
encoding: 'utf8',
gzip: true
},
file: 'path/to/file.js'
});
The documentation points at their own Static library for a working implementation.