Serve from a base url

[ludohenin]

It would be nice (unless I missed something) to be able to serve files from a base url.
I'm working with a remote server and I'm targeting for example my-domain.com/base (proxied to my live-server) but I'm (obviously) getting Cannot GET /base.

[harrytruong]

Not sure what you're looking for, but would it be possible to just create a /base folder, and have live-server running from one directory higher? It would be the simplest fix.

Otherwise, when you say "serve from base url" do you mean like:

1. With this example file structure:

   root
   |-- foo
   |    |-- apple
   |-- bar
   |    |-- banana
   |    |-- orange
   

2. And running live-server from root:

   $ live-server --base=alias

3. Should results in requests matching:

   • GET /foo/apple = 404 Not Found
   • GET /alias/foo/apple = 200 loading foo/apple
   • GET /alias/bar/banana = 200 loading bar/banana
   • GET /bar/banana = 404 Not Found

[ludohenin]

@harrytruong this is exactly it.

[tapio]

WIP at branch base-url. Feel free to test it from there.

[ludohenin]

Looks good. I think you can merge that one.

[heminm]

Please merge. This would be a great feature.

[tapio]

Master now has a new option --mount=ROUTE:PATH - serve the paths contents under the defined route (multiple definitions possible) which should be useful for this use case also.

[tapio]

I'm going to close this now, but feel free to reopen/complain if --mount=ROUTE:PATH param does not do it for you.

[efc]

I am confused about how the --mount option actually resolves the request for a --base option. The --base option would apply to the whole site universally. Can someone describe how to use the --mount option to do the same? I don't see any documentation of acceptable routes or how to create a wildcard route that applies to the whole site.

BTW, I opened another issue about this before realizing that this one could be reopened. Apologies for not knowing what is the correct process.