# Stream a file as an HTTP Response (/docs/guides/http/stream-file)

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Related: [Common HTTP server usage](/docs/guides/http/server.md), [Write a simple HTTP server](/docs/guides/http/simple.md), [Send an HTTP request using fetch](/docs/guides/http/fetch.md), [Hot reload an HTTP server](/docs/guides/http/hot.md), [Start a cluster of HTTP servers](/docs/guides/http/cluster.md), [Configure TLS on an HTTP server](/docs/guides/http/tls.md)

[`Bun.file()`](/runtime/file-io#reading-files-bun-file) reads a file from disk and returns a `BunFile` instance, which you can pass directly to the `new Response` constructor.

```ts server.ts icon="/icons/typescript.svg"
const path = "/path/to/file.txt";
const file = Bun.file(path);
const resp = new Response(file);
```

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Bun reads the `Content-Type` from the file and sets it on the `Response`.

```ts server.ts icon="/icons/typescript.svg"
new Response(Bun.file("./package.json")).headers.get("Content-Type");
// => application/json;charset=utf-8

new Response(Bun.file("./test.txt")).headers.get("Content-Type");
// => text/plain;charset=utf-8

new Response(Bun.file("./index.tsx")).headers.get("Content-Type");
// => text/javascript;charset=utf-8

new Response(Bun.file("./img.png")).headers.get("Content-Type");
// => image/png
```

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Putting it all together with [`Bun.serve()`](/runtime/http/server).

```ts server.ts icon="/icons/typescript.svg"
// static file server
Bun.serve({
  async fetch(req) {
    const path = new URL(req.url).pathname;
    const file = Bun.file(path);
    return new Response(file);
  },
});
```

***

See [`Bun.write()`](/runtime/file-io#writing-files-bun-write).