Hello there I have been trying to send a file from node.js to the client.

My code works however when the client goes to the specified url (/helloworld/hello.js/test) it streams the file.

Accessing it from Google Chrome makes the file (.mp3) play in a player.

My goal is to have the client's browser download the file and ask the client where he wants to store it, not stream it on the website.

http.createServer(function(req, res) {

    switch (req.url) {

        case '/helloworld/hello.js/test':



            var filePath = path.join(__dirname, '/files/output.mp3');

            var stat = fileSystem.statSync(filePath);



            res.writeHead(200, {

                'Content-Type': 'audio/mpeg',

                'Content-Length': stat.size

            });



            var readStream = fileSystem.createReadStream(filePath);

            // We replaced all the event handlers with a simple call to readStream.pipe()

            readStream.on('open', function() {

                // This just pipes the read stream to the response object (which goes to the client)

                readStream.pipe(res);

            });



            readStream.on('error', function(err) {

                res.end(err);

            });

    }

});