web-server
Installation
Use the npm to install web-server.
npm i @927akshay/web-server -g
Overview
This is a simple and light weight npm package that is of great help to developers. It automatically reloads the webpage on watching any change in the working directory. It also watches for change in the subdirectories also.
Usage
Navigate to your working directory and type web-server
> web-server (# On windows)
$ web-server (# On Linux & macOS)
found web-server.json
Sever started on port 3000
By default it serves the index.html
file on the root route localhost:3000/
. If you want to serve another file on home route edit web-server.json's "/" key to the file name
> web-server (# On windows) [hit enter]
$ web-server (# On Linux & macOS) [hit enter]
found web-server.json
Sever started on port 3000
Errors
It logs an error if it cannot find the requested file
Updates
I will release updates as often as possible. Currently it supports http
and https
protocol .
If you have any suggestions please do leave them on the github page
JSON
It tries to find web-server.json file in the working directory. If it does not find one it creates it.
Protocol
Specifies the protocol to serve with: http
& https
Datatype: String
Port
Specify the port to listen to. It enable you to have many running servers on differt ports.
Datatype: Integer
S-Port
Specify the socket port to listen to. It enable you to have many running servers on differt socket ports. It is advised to have it one more than the port
value
Datatype: Integer
/
The file to serve on home route. Specify a file path. Defaults to index.html in working directory. Use //
instead of a single /
Datatype: String
License
ISC