const http = require('http'); const fs = require('fs'); const port = 8080; string = "ERROR" fs.readFile('/tmp/test/hello.txt','utf-8', function (err,data) { if (err) { console.log("Error"); } else { string = data; } }); const server = http.createServer((req, res) => { res.statusCode = 200; res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain'); res.end(string); }); server.listen(port, () => { console.log(`Server running at http://127.0.0.1:${port}/`); });