http-ephemeral-server

Ephemeral Node.js HTTP application for investigation.

http-ephemeral-server is a simple, single-featured HTTP server. It shows details of current request, cookies, and server environments available via Node.js process.

Installing globally

Installation via npm:

$ npm install http-ephemeral-server -g

This will install http-ephemeral-server globally so that it may be run from the command line.

Usage

$ http-ephemeral-server

or a short-hand command:

$ hes

Now you can visit http://localhost:3000

Listening port by default is 3000.

You can change the listening port by specifying environment variable PORT:

$ PORT=8000 http-ephemeral-server

Now your url has changed to http://localhost:8000

Docker support

http-ephemeral-server is a suitable solution when you need a simple web server running on Docker.

Usage

Clone this repository localy, then:

$ git clone https://github.com/kulikala/http-ephemeral-server.git
$ cd http-ephemeral-server

Build a Docker image with docker command:

$ docker image build -t http-ephemeral-server:latest .

By default, the built image contains PORT=80 environment variable and exposes port 80 to local Docker network.

You can pass --build-arg to change this port number:

$ docker image build -t http-ephemeral-server:latest --build-arg PORT=3000 .

This will build an image with environment variable with PORT=3000 and EXPOSE 3000.

Now you can run the image:

$ docker container run -d http-ephemeral-server:latest

Open browser and visit http://localhost:3000 to view your container

You can change exposing port by passing PORT environment variable when you run the image:

$ docker container run -d -p 8000:8000 -e PORT=8000 http-ephemeral-server:latest

Now your url has changed to http://localhost:8000

If you prefer to use docker-compose instead, refer to docker-compose.yml in the root directory.

$ docker-compose build
$ docker-compose start

Using as a dependent package

Installation via npm:

$ npm install http-ephemeral-server --save

require('http-ephemeral-server') returns an Express Application.

const app = require('http-ephemeral-server')
 
app.listen(3000)

Now your server is listening on 3000

License

MIT