javascript - Prevent favicon.ico from making a second request - Node.js -

i'm trying prevent favicon.ico form making second request when socket connects.

here server:

var io = require('socket.io'), connect = require('connect');  var app = connect() .use(connect.static('public')) .use(function(req, res, next){     if (req.url === '/favicon.ico') {         res.writehead(200, {'content-type': 'image/x-icon'} );         next();     } }) .use(function(req, res){     res.end('stupid favicon...');    }).listen(3000);  var game = io.listen(app);  game.sockets.on('connection', function(socket){     socket.emit('entrance', {message: 'welcome game!'});      socket.on('disconnect', function(){         game.sockets.emit('exit', {message: 'a player left game...!'});     });     game.sockets.emit('entrance', {message: 'another gamer online!'}); }); 

this not seem work. no errors, when 1 socket connects, 2 images loaded client side, makes seem there still 2 requests happening.

so code wrong, or on right track? because no matter console.log() in server-code, nothing printed console.

edit: client side

var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:3000');      socket.on('entrance', function(data){         console.log(data.message);          var num = (count > 0) ? count : '';         console.log("hero" + num);          var hero = new car("hero" + num);         hero.init();          count++;     }); 

count global. have (for 2 images), 1 #hero , #hero1. when 1 player connects both images loaded.

you're not supposed call next when want respond request. generally, it's not valid writehead() , call next. middleware expects work response has not written network yet.

the reason "stupid favicon" middleware runs you're calling it invoking next in first one. need res.writehead() , res.end() or call next.

function(req, res, next){     if (req.url === '/favicon.ico') {         res.writehead(200, {'content-type': 'image/x-icon'} );         res.end(/* icon content here */);     } else {         next();     } } 

alternatively, use the builtin favicon middleware, important things setting proper cache-control headers.