Simple 5 minute command-line file / directory server built with connect, inspired by nodejitsu's http-server to show off the simplicity and flexibility of connect as a modular server.

$ npm install -g serve

Usage: serve [options] [dir]

Options:

  -v, --version        output the version number
  -F, --format <fmt>   specify the log format string
  -p, --port <port>    specify the port [3000]
  -f, --favicon <path> serve the given favicon
  -H, --hidden         enable hidden file serving
  -C, --cors           allows cross origin access serving
  -S, --no-stylus      disable stylus rendering
  -J, --no-jade        disable jade rendering
      --no-less        disable less css rendering
  -I, --no-icons       disable icons
  -L, --no-logs        disable request logging
  -D, --no-dirs        disable directory serving
      --compress       gzip or deflate the response
      --exec <cmd>     execute command on each request
  -h, --help           output usage information

HTTP Accept support built into connect.directory():

 $ curl http://local:3000/ -H "Accept: text/plain"
 bin
 History.md
 node_modules
 package.json
 Readme.md

Requesting a file:

$ curl http://local:3000/Readme.md

 # serve
 ...

Requesting JSON for the directory listing:

$ curl http://local:3000/ -H "Accept: application/json"
["bin","History.md","node_modules","package.json","Readme.md"]

Directory listing served by connect's connect.directory() middleware.

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011 TJ Holowaychuk <[email protected]>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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