Http-server, a simple zero-configuration command line http server

Post by riledhel » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 5:00 AM UTC

dolphenstein wrote: post #11

I built a simple zero-configuration FTP server that runs in a browser some time ago ( http://ezyftpserver.com/ ). Been wondering if I should do the same with a HTTP server?

Post by bitgroin » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 5:13 AM UTC

sc68cal wrote: post #22

sigh Not another "Download this shell script over insecure HTTP and pipe it to sh" gimmick. Really? While http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2661209 is directly above this item on the front page? Have we learned nothing?

     git clone git://github.com/nodejitsu/http-server.git
     cd http-server
     node bin/http-server

Post by sc68cal » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 5:48 AM UTC

naraktires wrote: post #24

milkshakes wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's marak squires, he has lots of sock puppet accounts.

http://twitter.com/#!/maraksquires/status/81591561602863104

Post by loevborg » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 8:51 AM UTC

unshift wrote: post #17

aquark wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can think of use cases for wanting a quick simple, easy to configure http server. I can think of use cases for wanting to be able to serve >1,000 requests a second. I can't think of any that fall into both categories ... am I just lacking imagination?

once i wanted to serve a quick and dirty page of 200 thumbnails but python's HTTP server choked after a few people tried it concurrently. it's single threaded and just wouldn't hack it. luckily if you have twisted installed, you can run "twistd web -n -p PORT --path ." it's just as easy as the basic HTTP server but way faster.

Post by createaccount94 » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 11:15 AM UTC

gourneau wrote: post #2

python -m SimpleHTTPServer