HTTPserve

Small tool to serve files over HTTP which provides more verbose log output.

Installation

$ go install -v 'github.com/rykkard/httpserve@latest'

Usage

$ httpserve -h
Small tool to serve files/directories over HTTP with more verbosity.
Usage:
httpserve [OPTIONS] <filenames|directories>
Options:
-p, --port <port> port to serve on (default: 8000)
-b, --bind <interface> interface to bind (default: 0.0.0.0)
--cors enable cors
--list enable listing on root paths (/)
--auth <user:pass> enable basic authentication
-v, --verbose enable more verbose (headers)
-s, --silent enable silent mode
-h, --help show help

Examples

• Just listen mode

$ httpserve
[*] Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Aug/2020:17:45:34 -0500] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 10
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Aug/2020:17:46:24 -0500] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 10
Hello world!
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Aug/2020:17:46:47 -0500] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 10
+-----------------------------------------+
| NOTE: binary data not shown in terminal |
+-----------------------------------------+
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Aug/2020:17:49:36 -0500] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 10
GG
<..>

• Serving files

$ httpserve LICENSE.md README.md
[*] Stagging resources
.
└── LICENSE.md
└── README.md
[*] Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000
<..>

• Serving directory files with any other file

$ httpserve /dev/shm/ README.md
[*] Stagging resources
/dev/shm
└── /dev/shm/somefile
.
└── README.md
[*] Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000
<..>