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http-server-cgi extends nodeapps/http-server to support CGI scripts written in Perl. The script file must have the '.cgi' extension and be placed either in the root directy where http-server is invoked, or in the subdirectories 'cgi', 'cgi-bin' or 'scripts'. Perl is invoked with the -T switch (taint mode), so query parameters must be cleaned by regex before being assigned to variables in the script.

Right now this is all handled by an anonymous function and the only request methods supported are "GET" and "POST". The enctype "multipart/form-data" is NOT supported. Eventually I may replace this function with Express, then I will be able to test and support "multipart/form-data" (i.e. file uploads).

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http-server: a command-line http server

http-server is a simple, zero-configuration command-line http server. It is powerful enough for production usage, but it's simple and hackable enough to be used for testing, local development, and learning.

Installing globally:

Installation via npm. If you don't have npm yet:

 curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

Once you have npm:

 npm install http-server -g

This will install http-server globally so that it may be run from the command line.

Usage:

 http-server [path] [options]

[path] defaults to ./public if the folder exists, and ./ otherwise.

Installing as a node app

 mkdir myapp
 cd myapp/
 jitsu install http-server

If you do not have jitsu installed you can install it via npm install jitsu -g

Usage

Starting http-server locally

 node bin/http-server

Now you can visit http://localhost:8080 to view your server

Deploy http-server to nodejitsu

 jitsu deploy

You will now be prompted for a subdomain to deploy your application on

Available Options:

-p Port to listen for connections on (defaults to 8080)

-a Address to bind to (defaults to '0.0.0.0')

-i Display autoIndex (defaults to 'True')

-e or --ext Default file extension (defaults to 'html')

-s or --silent In silent mode, log messages aren't logged to the console.

-h or --help Displays a list of commands and exits.

-c Set cache time (in seconds) for cache-control max-age header, e.g. -c10 for 10 seconds. To disable caching, use -c-1.