simplehttpserver: Simple HTTP Server

'simpehttpserver' is an simple imitation of Python's SimpleHTTPServer and is intended for testing, development and debugging purposes

Install globally

Install using npm

  npm install simplehttpserver -g

Usage

Run simplehttpserver by a command

 simplehttpserver [directory]

[directory] is used as a web root. Default is the current working directory. Server listens the port 8000. Open browser to http://localhost:8000 to view.

Security Consideration. simplehttpserver does not care if symbolic links point outside the web root directory.

Run locally

 node simplehttpserver.js

You must have all the dependencies installed

Custom MIME types

Additional MIME types can be defined by command line arguments.

 simplehttpserver --mime.text/mytype=my,my2 --mime.font/woff2=woff2 .
 Custom mime types
 *.my,my2 mime type text/mytype
 *.woff2 mime type font/woff2
 Listening 0.0.0.0:8000 web root dir /Users/teemu.ikonen/work/blog/simplehttpserver