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super-simple-web-server
A super simple node-express web server with https option for when you quickly need to serve some static files. Package includes self-signed certificates. Don't use this for production.
super-simple-web-server
Serve static files on localhost with http & https.
TO INSTALL
npm install super-simple-web-server
or
Clone repo and run npm install in the root directory.
TO RUN
npm start [</path/to/web/root>]
###Default path Default path is your current working directory. Override by passing an optional path to your desired web root directory.
###Default ports
Default ports are 3000 (http) and 3001 (https). These can be changed in index.js.
###Default IP
The default IP 127.0.0.1 which should convieniently map to localhost.
Pro tip: Setting USE_LOCALHOST = false in index.js will instead scan for existing bound IP addresses on your machine via os.networkInterfaces(). The last available will be used.
About the self-signed certifictes
Fictious self-signed certs are provided for your development convienience. They will exprire on June 6 2028. Obviously -- you don't want to use these for anything other than private testing.
See ./certs/ for more info...
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A super simple node-express web server with https option for when you quickly need to serve some static files. Package includes self-signed certificates. Don't use this for production.
The npm package super-simple-web-server receives a total of 32,841 weekly downloads. As such, super-simple-web-server popularity was classified as popular.
We found that super-simple-web-server demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 22 Sep 2018
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