tnl: simple secure tunnel to a local directory

tnl is a quick and easy way to create a public url with a secure tunnel to a local directory. Utilizing ngrok and http-server, within three characters you can have your directory forwarded to the outside. Excellent for testing on mobile as well as fast feedback from clients.

Installation

Using npm:

 npm install tnl -g

It is now installed globally and tnl can be used in any directory from the command line.

Usage

 tnl [path] [options]

By default [path] and [options] are optional. For example, to change the default port and open immediately in a new browser window:

tnl -p 7001 -o

Path

Location of the local directory to be served. Defaults to ./public if the folder exists otherwise uses the root ./ directory.

Options

For a complete list of potential options refer to http-server's avalable options.

-o Open browser window after starting the server and tunnel

-p Port to use (defaults to 8080)

-a Address to use (defaults to '0.0.0.0')

-d Show directory listings (defaults to true)

-i Display autoIndex (defaults to true)

-e or --ext Default file extension if none supplied (defaults to 'html')

-s or --silent Suppress log messages from output

--cors Enable CORS via the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header

-c Set cache time (in seconds) for cache-control max-age header, e.g. -c10 for 10 seconds (defaults to 3600). To disable caching, use -c-1.

-P or --proxy Proxies all requests which can't be resolved locally to the given url. e.g.: -P

API

var tnl = require('tnl');

See API documentation.