httpdir

Simple, zero dependency command-line HTTP server for static local files

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• Installation
• Usage
  • CLI
  • Node module
• Changelog
• License

Installation

This module needs Node >=14.

Install with npm:

$ npm install httpdir --global

Usage

CLI

httpdir <path> <port>

Example:

# This will start a local server on port `8090`,
# with `~/Desktop` as root directory
httpdir ~/Desktop 8090

Default path is ., default port is 8080.

Node module

Import httpdir and create a server:

const httpdir = require('httpdir')
const server = httpdir.createServer({
  basePath: '/some/path', // Optional, default is "."
  httpPort: 9898,         // Optional, default is 8080
})

Main events can be listened to:

server.onStart((settings) => {
  console.log('Server started')
  console.log('Base path is:', settings.basePath)
  console.log('Port is:', settings.httpPort)
  console.log('Available URLs:', settings.urls.join(', '))
})

server.onStop(() => {
  console.log('Server stopped')
})

server.onResponse((response) => {
  console.log('Requested path was:', response.requestedPath)
  console.log('Requested method was:', response.requestedMethod)
  console.log('Response code is:', response.httpCode)
})

server.onError((error) => {
  console.log('Server error', error)
})

After event listeners have been attached if needed, start the server:

server.start()

And stop:

server.stop()

Changelog

This project uses semver.

Version	Date	Notes
2.1.0	2023-1-07	Support Range request header
2.0.1	2023-02-12	Fix onResponse event for favicons
2.0.0	2023-02-04	Expose node module Drop Node 12 support
1.4.0	2023-01-29	Improve startup info
1.3.0	2023-01-28	Support more mime types
1.2.0	2022-01-10	Update UI (#1)
1.1.0	2021-09-25	Stop relying on deprecated url.parse()
1.0.1	2021-07-04	Fix execution issue on Unix
1.0.0	2021-07-04	Initial version

License

This project is released under the MIT License.