Really Simple HTTP Server

Really simple HTTP server for serving static files.

I created this because python's http.server can not serve javascript module file properly. Browser will show this when I import other script in a module file.

Failed to load module script: The server responded with a non-JavaScript MIME type of "text/plain". Strict MIME type checking is enforced for module scripts per HTML spec.

And I could not work around it.

Usage

1. You have to have Node.js (and npm) first.
2. Install the package.

$ npm i really-simple-http-server -g

1. Run

$ rserver --path your-public-directory

or just run $ rserver on your public directory.

Debug

On Unix, run Debug=tlnn:rserver rserver [your params]. On Windows, run set Debug=tlnn:rserver & rserver [your params].

Run $ rserver --help to see all the commands.

APIs

really-simple-http-server exposes a function. Simply pass an option object to this function and call start method to run the server, and call stop whenever you feel like it.

const rserver = require('./really-simple-http-server');
 
const options = {
    path: './public',
    port: 8080,
}
 
const server = rserver(options);
server.start(err => {
    if (err) throw err;
    // Do some stuff
});
 
// Do other things
 
server.stop();

ReallySimpleHTTPServer([options])

• options {Object} Set of configurable options to set on the server. Can have the following fields:
  • help {boolean} Display help instead of start server (should be use in cli only). Default: false.
  • port {number} The port for server to listen on. Default: 3000.
  • path {string} The path where server serve as root folder. Default: current directory.
  • exception {RegExp[]|string[]} Files that will not be serve (respond a 404). For example: { exception: [/.*css/, /.*js/] }. Default: [].
  • exceptions {RegExp|string} Same as exception.
• Return: {ReallySimpleHTTPServer}

reallySimpleHTTPServer.start([callback])

• callback {Function}
  • err {Error}
  • server {http.Server}

Start the server. The callback is passed two arguments (err, server), where server is the {http.Server} object which is listening. The callback is called after server successfully listening.

reallySimpleHTTPServer.stop([callback])

• callback {Function}

Stop the server from accepting new connections.