Add ability to specify the bind address

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # create-server
 
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 I've found my self writing this particular piece of snippet over and over again.
 If you need to have a common API for creating a HTTP, HTTPS or SPDY server this
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ The following properties can be configured:
 
 - **port**: The port number we should listen on. Also used to determine which
   type of server we need to create.
+- **hostname**: What interface we should listen on.
 - **spdy**: Create SPDY server instead of a HTTPS server.
 - **root**: The root folder that contains your HTTPS certs.
 - **key, cert, ca, pfx, crl** Path or array of paths which will be read out the
@@ -65,4 +66,4 @@ keys as option.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT
+[MIT](LICENSE)

index.js

@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ function create(server, fn) {
 
   fn = create.fns(fn || options);
 
-  var port = options.port || 443                // Force HTTPS by default.
-    , certs = options.key && options.cert       // Check HTTPS certs.
+  var certs = options.key && options.cert       // Check HTTPS certs.
+    , hostname = options.hostname               // Bind address.
+    , port = options.port || 443                // Force HTTPS by default.
     , secure = certs || 443 === port            // Check for true HTTPS.
     , spdy = 'spdy' in options;                 // Or are we spdy.
 
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ function create(server, fn) {
       );
 
       res.end('');
-    }).listen(+options.redirect);
+    }).listen(+options.redirect, hostname);
 
     //
     // Close the redirect server when the main server is closed.
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ function create(server, fn) {
   if (fn[type]) fn[type]();
 
   if (options.listen !== false) {
-    listen(server, port, fn.listening);
+    listen(server, port, hostname, fn.listening);
   } else if (fn.listening) {
     server.once('listening', fn.listening);
   }

test/create-server.test.js

@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@ describe('create server', function () {
     assume(server).to.be.instanceOf(http.Server);
   });
 
+  it('allows to specify the bind address', function (next) {
+    server = create({
+      hostname: 'localhost',
+      port: ++port
+    }, {
+      listening: function (err) {
+        if (err) return next(err);
+
+        var address = server.address();
+
+        assume(address.address).to.equal('127.0.0.1');
+        assume(address.port).to.equal(port);
+        next();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
   it('proxies errors to the listener', function (next) {
     server = create(80, { listening: function (err) {
       if (!err) throw new Error('Port 80 should be restricted, we are not root');