serve
Simple http server for localhost development.
It's like python -m SimpleHTTPServer, but with support for gzip and HTTP/2.
Installation
go install github.com/rhardih/serve/v3@latestUsage
If $GOPATH/bin is in your $PATH, simply:
$ serve -h
NAME:
serve - deliver content of current directory via http/https
USAGE:
serve [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
VERSION:
2.0.0
COMMANDS:
help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command
GLOBAL OPTIONS:
--gzip, -g enable gzip encoding (default: false)
--port value, -p value specify port for listening (default: 8080)
--logging, -l enable logging output (default: false)
--http2, -2 enable http2, this generates a self signed certificate, if one isn't already present; cert.pem, key.pem (default: false)
--header value, -H value custom header(s) to add to the response (can be repeated multiple times)
--cert-save, --sc whether to save the generated self-signed certificates to disk (default: false)
--cert-dir value, --cd value location to save certificate at if saving to disk (default: "/Users/rene/.serve")
--help, -h show help (default: false)
--version, -v print the version (default: false)
Note
Code for generating self-signed certificate for HTTP/2 was taken from example code in src/crypto/tls/generate_cert.go, available at https://golang.org/src/crypto/tls/generate_cert.go.