Solid Local Pod

A nodejs library which can be used for running a solid pod over localhost.

Install

npm install solid-local-pod

Usage Example

This setup will serve the contents from the /home/user/test folder at https://localhost:3000. (Due to the automatic ssl certificate generation, you will likely need to accept the security risks in your browser, before being able to use it)

const httpsLocalhost = require("https-localhost")()
const LocalPod = require('solid-local-pod')
// Note: You could use solid-auth-cli or any other fetch which works in nodejs
const solidFileFetch = require('solid-local-pod/src/solidFileFetch')

async function main() {
    // Note: If no certs are provided, it will run on http://localhost:${port}, else https://localhost${port}
    const certs = await httpsLocalhost.getCerts()

    const pod = new LocalPod({
        port: 3000,
        basePath: '/home/user/test',
        certs,
        fetch: solidFileFetch
    })

    pod.startListening()
}
main()

You can also take a look at solid-local-pod-manager which uses this library.

Configuration

Param	Type	Description
fetch	(url, options) => Response	Similar to window.fetch. (e.g. solid-auth-cli or solid-local-pod/src/solidFileFetch)
port	number	A free port
basePath	string	This will be the root of the solid pod
prefix	[string]	(Optional) Will be prepend to the request path
certs	[?]	(Optional) Certificates used for https

Methods

Name	Description
startListening	Starts the localhost server
stopListening	Stops the localhost server
isListening	Returns true if server is active