modern-server

Just a basic http server with some auto config junk that makes spinning up a web server super easy... for me at least. Because like 99% of the time all I want is A) HTTPS with Let's Encrypt B) some custom API handling C) access to static files.

Based on the codez from the simple-httpd project by @briandowns. If you like this project then be a good sport and buy Brian a beer.

Installing

To start using modern-server, install Go and run go get:

$ go get -u github.com/tidwall/modern-server

This will retrieve the library.

Usage

func main() {
	server.Main(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hello world, it's %s\n", time.Now())
	}, nil)
}

Static File Handler

If you want to serve static files:

func main() {
	server.Main(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
        if strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/api/"){
            // do some custom magic
            w.Write([]byte("API command result"))
        } else {
            // otherwise fallback to handling files
            server.HandleFiles(w, r)
        }
	}, nil)
}

Example

Run the built-in example:

$ go run example/main.go

Then visit http://localhost:8000.

See all the command line options:

$ go run example/main.go --help