kralo/serve

Simple http server for localhost development with a flags for enabling gzip and http2

serve

Simple http server for localhost development.

It's like python -m SimpleHTTPServer, but with support for gzip and HTTP/2.

Installation

go get github.com/rhardih/serve

Usage

If $GOPATH/bin is in your $PATH, simply:

$> serve -h

NAME:
   serve - deliver content of current directory via http

USAGE:
   serve [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
   
VERSION:
   1.0.0
   
COMMANDS:
GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --gzip, -g		enable gzip encoding
   --port, -p "8080"	specify port for listening
   --logging, -l	enable logging output
   --http2, -2		enable http2, this generates a self signed certificate, if one isn't already present; cert.pem, key.pem
   --help, -h		show help
   --version, -v	print the version
   

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.