goat

Serve static files for development, simple and unobstructive.

Usage

npm install -g goat

Then add it to your package.json as a script (you can also install without the -g for a single project):

{
  "name": "my-project",
  "scripts": {
    "serve": "goat -e ./static/index.html ./dist"
  }
}

Which can now be executed in the terminal with npm run serve.

Available Options

Usage: goat [options]
 
Options:
 
  -h, --help                output usage information
  -V, --version             output the version number
  -e, --entry-file [file]   Usually an index.html, defaults to './index.html'
  -p, --port [port]         Port to run server on, defaults to 3000
  -d, --domain-host [host]  Host to serve static files at, defaults to 'localhost'
  -x, --debug               Enable development logging for debugging purposes
  -c, --cors                Enable cors

Multiple Static Directories

Any additional paths that you append to the end will be served as static directories. When using -e, the parent directory is added as a static directory, so no need to add it manually.

Custom Named Routes

For custom named routes, use the : (colon) syntax. For example:

goat -e ./static/index.html ./dist/scripts:/scripts

Would make everything in the scripts folder available at localhost:3000/scripts.

Multiple formats are supported:

• .js -- If you specify a .js file with a named route, it's assumed to be an express route, e.g. api/users.json:/api/users. See the example route in test/route.js which can be ran with goat -e test/index.html test/route.js:/api/hello
• .json -- Is JSON, so we serve it as JSON, also only if there is an custom named route. This is an easy way to mock an API endpoint.
• .html -- Sends the html.