staticserver

Minimalistic HTTP web-server for file-sharing, single-page application hosting and many more. Intended for development use / as an utility, not for production use

staticserver 
[--port={port | default to 80 }] \
[--root={root (default to working directory)}] \
[--mode={spa | upload | fs default}]

TODOs

• HTTPS
  • %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\PortableGit\usr\bin\openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -days 365 -nodes -x509 -subj '/CN=localhost' -keyout server.key -out server.crt
• pdf mode (requires https)
  • a LAN version of dirkarnez/webcam-playground which the .pdf file is uploaded to the host computer
• encoder mode
• proxy mode
• media streaming
• prompt to auto assign port if default 80 is used
• directory upload

  • <input type="file" id="ctrl" webkitdirectory directory multiple/>

• force no-caching in client-side
• File Server
  • Streaming (Music, Videos, text files)
• Upload Server
• Directory-synchronization server
  • https://github.com/elgs/filesync
  • Building a Go-based file synchronization tool | Reintech media
  • no-src/gofs: A cross-platform real-time file synchronization tool out of the box based on Golang
• Chatroom
  • Clipboard Server
• Fix MIMEType, add customization support
  • application/vnd.android.package-archive for .apk
  • application/wasm for .wasm
  • text/css for .css
• Auto-open default browser
  • https://github.com/chromedp/chromedp/blob/master/allocate.go#L331

TODOs (2.0.0)

• spa mode bugs

Known Issue(s)

• The mime-type in Windows registry may be modified by other software causing wrong Content-Type in response, see issue(s)

  • golang/go#32350
    • How to fix: regedit -> go to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.js -> set Content Type to application/javascript
    • It should be platform-independent anyway

• Some server-side files does not have their correct Content-Type in response (text/html; charset=utf-8), found

  • .woff
  • .ttf

MIME

• Common MIME types - HTTP | MDN
• Sample mime.yaml file (in case user-defined mime is needed, create one under the working directory)

.otf: font/otf
.woff: font/woff
.woff2: font/woff2
.ttf: font/ttf
.ico: image/vnd.microsoft.icon
.apk: application/vnd.android.package-archive
.wasm: application/wasm
.js: application/javascript

Reference

• GoogleChromeLabs/simplehttp2server: A simple HTTP/2 server for development
• kangc666/MyPHPServer: A easy PHP Server written in Golang
• http-server - npm
• svrxjs/svrx: Server-X: A pluggable frontend server built for efficient front-end development
• svenstaro/miniserve: 🌟 For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!
• HFS ~ HTTP File Server
• caddyserver/caddy: Fast, multi-platform web server with automatic HTTPS
  • iris/_examples/caddy at master · kataras/iris