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httpany

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A static file server for front-end learner.

Description

Front-end learners often need to serve static files on their computer. Sometimes python3 -m http.server is enough, but there are many situations where you may want the static server response a specific header(e.g. CORS and Timing-Allow headers).

This tool can make it easy to control http headers and status code by using query string.

Example

$ npm install httpany -g
$ httpany yourDirectory
# "yourDirectory" is served on http://0.0.0.0:3000
#  options is: {"root":"/path/to/yourDirectory","index":"index.html"}

Access http://localhost:3000/?foo=bar then the response header will contain foo: bar.
Access http://localhost:3000/?status=302&location=https://github.com/flowmemo then your browser will be redirected to my GitHub profile.

Note that you can also set status code by status key.

Usage

$ httpany <root path> [options]

Options

--help, -h    Show help
--port, -p    Listening port, the default is 3000
--address, -a Listening address, the default is 0.0.0.0

The following options are from koa-static:
--maxage      Browser cache max-age in milliseconds. defaults to 0
--hidden      Allow transfer of hidden files. defaults to false
--index       Default file name, defaults to 'index.html'
--defer       If true, serves after return next(), allowing any downstream middleware to respond first.
--gzip        Try to serve the gzipped version of a file automatically when gzip is supported by a client and if the requested file with .gz extension exists. (defaults to true)
--extensions  Try to match extensions from passed array to search for file when no extension is sufficed in URL. First found is served. (defaults to false)