Node.js cuts off files when serving over HTTPS

Question

I am trying to serve some JavaScript files with Node.js and for whatever reason the files are being cut off in the middle of the transmission. The code:

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Answer 1

have you tried to use built-in HTTPS server? http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.4.11/api/https.html

Answer 2

I have just seen this too. Same setup - HTTPS, latest node from the git repo.

One large file (170k) never properly completing sending. I tried to switch from async to synch but it made no difference. Only thing that fixed it so far was making the file smaller. It was a big floppy jpg so it was easy to do. Problem vanished.

Answer 3

It might be a disconnect between the default encoding for readFile and res.end(). readFile just loads the raw data if you do not specify an encoding whereas end() defaults to utf8. I'm not 100% sure but the raw data from the file could return a shorter length than the utf8 encoded string that end emits.

I tried recreating your error and failed so it might be you need to upgrade your version of node. I'm using the latest code from github.

Answer 4

This problem should be solved in the newest version of Node.js. Can you test it out on v0.4.2?

Answer 5

Instead of Content-Length: data.length you should use Content-Length: Buffer.byteLength(data, 'utf8') where Bufferis a global object (node 0.3.x) or var Buffer = require('buffer') in node 0.2.x which will save you a lot of hassle and might fix your problem with truncated answers too.