zfinder

zfinder is a simple, powerful, flexible static server (B/S structure).

you can setup a static server with markdown support and lots of other features using one command: $ zfinder serve

installation

$ npm install zfinder -g

usage

starting a zfinder server

$ zfinder serve

building files

building is to convert source files of specified formats(Markdown, etc.) into target formats.

build all files in a directory

$ zfinder build $directory

build one file

$ zfinder build $file

kill all existing zfinder processes

$ zfinder kill

handlers

handlers are designed to deal with specific urls, or serve as an web API.

authorization

name	description	supported
basic-auth	adding basic authorization for urls	yes

file system

name	description	supported
explorer	explores directories like finder.app or explorer.exe	partly
make-dir	creating a directory	yes
read-dir	returning stats of paths in a directory	yes
read-file	returning stats and file content	yes
remove-path	removing a path(file or directory)	yes
rename-path	renaming a path(file or directory)	yes
write-file	creating or updating a file	yes

searching

name	description	supported
content-search	searching keyword in content of files	yes
glob-search	searching with glob expression for path names	yes
indexed-pathname-search	searching for path names with indexes	no
indexed-content-search	searching keyword in content of files with indexes	no

graphviz (supporting the DOT language via viz.js)

name	description	supported
dot-editor	editing DOT file	no
dot-previewer	previewing DOT file	yes
dot-renderer	rendering DOT code	yes

plantUML (TODO: converting plantUML into DOT using pure javascript version)

name	description	supported
plantuml-editor	editing plantuml file	no
plantuml-previewer	previewing plantuml file	yes
plantuml-renderer	rendering plantuml code	yes

markdown

name	description	supported
markdown-editor	editing markdown file	no
markdown-previewer	previewing markdown file	yes
markdown-renderer	rendering markdown file	yes

xmind

name	description	supported
xmind-editor	editing xmind file	no
xmind-previewer	previewing xmind file	no

text

name	description	supported
text-editor	editing text file	partly

fallback

name	description	supported
serve-index	automatically add a suffix to current url if that matches a file	yes
serve-static	urls that are not processed by other handlers will be pass to node-static	yes