stdserve

Simple command-line http server for stdout, a file or a piece of text

This utility is intended to be used in local environment

Installation

via npm

$ npm install -g stdserve

This will install stdserve globally and can be accessed via command-line using stdserve command

Usage

Serve text content

# serve a file
$ cat a.txt | stdserve

# serve a simple text
$ echo "Hello World" | stdserve
# or
$ stdserve -b "Hello World"

If you open localhost:3000 on browser, you can see the content being served( content of a.txt or Hello world).

By default it uses localhost and port 3000. To specify host use -h and for port use -p option

Share a file over LAN

# at the serving end
$ cat a.txt | stdserve -h 192.168.1.1 -p 1234
# or
$ stdserve -h 192.168.1.1 -p 1234 < a.txt

# at the receiving end
$ curl 192.168.1.1:1234 -o a.txt

Serve content from stdin

Useful when you have large peice of text copied on clipboard and you want to serve it without creating a file

$ stdserve

The above command prompts for input. Paste or type the content and press Enter(new line) and Ctrl+D

$ stdserve -p 1234
<h1>Hello World</h1>

# press Ctrl+D

If you check localhost:1234 on browser you can see Hello World appears in bold

Available Options

Option	Description	Default	Requirement
-p	Port to use	3000	optional
-h	Host address	localhost	optional
-b	Response Body(text to serve)		optional
-H	HTTP Headers(ex: -H "Content-Type:application/json" -H "..")		optional