http-file-server

http-file-server is a dependency-free HTTP file server. Beyond directory listings and file downloads, it lets you download a whole directory as as .zip or .tar.gz (generated on-the-fly).

Contents

• Contents
• Examples
  • Serving a path at /
  • Serving $PWD at /
  • Serving multiple paths, setting the HTTP port via CLI arguments
  • Setting the HTTP port via environment variables
  • Uploading files using cURL
  • HTTPS (SSL/TLS)
• Get it
  • Using go get
  • Pre-built binary
• Use it

Examples

Serving a path at /

$ http-file-server /tmp
2018/11/13 23:00:03 serving local path "/tmp" on "/tmp/"
2018/11/13 23:00:03 redirecting to "/tmp/" from "/"
2018/11/13 23:00:03 http-file-server listening on ":8080"

Serving $PWD at /

$ cd /tmp
$ http-file-server
2018/12/13 03:18:00 serving local path "/tmp" on "/tmp/"
2018/12/13 03:18:00 redirecting to "/tmp/" from "/"
2018/12/13 03:18:00 http-file-server listening on ":8080"

Serving multiple paths, setting the HTTP port via CLI arguments

$ http-file-server -p 1234 /1=/tmp /2=/var/tmp
2018/11/13 23:01:44 serving local path "/tmp" on "/1/"
2018/11/13 23:01:44 serving local path "/var/tmp" on "/2/"
2018/11/13 23:01:44 redirecting to "/1/" from "/"
2018/11/13 23:01:44 http-file-server listening on ":1234"

Setting the HTTP port via environment variables

$ export PORT=9999
$ http-file-server /abc/def/ghi=/tmp
2018/11/13 23:05:52 serving local path "/tmp" on "/abc/def/ghi/"
2018/11/13 23:05:52 redirecting to "/abc/def/ghi/" from "/"
2018/11/13 23:05:52 http-file-server listening on ":9999"

Uploading files using cURL

$ ./http-file-server -uploads /=/path/to/serve
2020/03/10 22:00:54 serving local path "/path/to/serve" on "/"
2020/03/10 22:00:54 http-file-server listening on ":8080"

curl -LF "file=@example.txt" localhost:8080/path/to/upload/to

HTTPS (SSL/TLS)

To terminate SSL at the file server, set -ssl-cert (SSL_CERTIFICATE) and -ssl-key (SSL_KEY) to the respective files’ paths:

$ ./http-file-server -port 8443 -ssl-cert server.crt -ssl-key server.key
2020/03/10 22:00:54 http-file-server (HTTPS) listening on ":8443"

Get it

Using go get

go get -u github.com/sgreben/http-file-server

Pre-built binary

Or download a binary from the releases page, or from the shell:

# Linux
curl -L https://github.com/sgreben/http-file-server/releases/download/1.6.1/http-file-server_1.6.1_linux_x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz
# OS X
curl -L https://github.com/sgreben/http-file-server/releases/download/1.6.1/http-file-server_1.6.1_osx_x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz
# Windows
curl -LO https://github.com/sgreben/http-file-server/releases/download/1.6.1/http-file-server_1.6.1_windows_x86_64.zip
unzip http-file-server_1.6.1_windows_x86_64.zip

Use it

http-file-server [OPTIONS] [[ROUTE=]PATH] [[ROUTE=]PATH...]

Usage of http-file-server:
  -a string
        (alias for -addr) (default ":8080")
  -addr string
        address to listen on (environment variable "ADDR") (default ":8080")
  -p int
        (alias for -port)
  -port int
        port to listen on (overrides -addr port) (environment variable "PORT")
  -q    (alias for -quiet)
  -quiet
        disable all log output (environment variable "QUIET")
  -r value
        (alias for -route)
  -route value
        a route definition ROUTE=PATH (ROUTE defaults to basename of PATH if omitted)
  -ssl-cert string
        path to SSL server certificate (environment variable "SSL_CERTIFICATE")
  -ssl-key string
        path to SSL private key (environment variable "SSL_KEY")
  -u    (alias for -uploads)
  -uploads
        allow uploads (environment variable "UPLOADS")