Install a server using npm

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Introduction to http-server

http-server is a simple, zero-configuration command-line static HTTP server. It is powerful enough for production usage, but it's simple and hackable enough to be used for testing, local development and learning.

npx http-server [path] [options]



npm install -g http-server

http-server [path] [options]

Usage:

 http-server [path] [options]

[path] defaults to ./public if the folder exists, and ./ otherwise.

Now you can visit http://localhost:8080 to view your server

Note: Caching is on by default. Add -c-1 as an option to disable caching.

Available Options:

Command	Description	Defaults
`-p` or `--port`	Port to use. Use `-p 0` to look for an open port, starting at 8080. It will also read from `process.env.PORT`.	8080
`-a`	Address to use	0.0.0.0
`-d`	Show directory listings	`true`
`-i`	Display autoIndex	`true`
`-g` or `--gzip`	When enabled it will serve `./public/some-file.js.gz` in place of `./public/some-file.js` when a gzipped version of the file exists and the request accepts gzip encoding. If brotli is also enabled, it will try to serve brotli first.	`false`
`-b` or `--brotli`	When enabled it will serve `./public/some-file.js.br` in place of `./public/some-file.js` when a brotli compressed version of the file exists and the request accepts `br` encoding. If gzip is also enabled, it will try to serve brotli first.	`false`
`-e` or `--ext`	Default file extension if none supplied	`html`
`-s` or `--silent`	Suppress log messages from output
`--cors`	Enable CORS via the `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` header
`-o [path]`	Open browser window after starting the server. Optionally provide a URL path to open. e.g.: -o /other/dir/
`-c`	Set cache time (in seconds) for cache-control max-age header, e.g. `-c10` for 10 seconds. To disable caching, use `-c-1`.	`3600`
`-U` or `--utc`	Use UTC time format in log messages.
`--log-ip`	Enable logging of the client's IP address	`false`
`-P` or `--proxy`	Proxies all requests which can't be resolved locally to the given url. e.g.: -P http://someurl.com
`--proxy-options`	Pass proxy options using nested dotted objects. e.g.: --proxy-options.secure false
`--username`	Username for basic authentication
`--password`	Password for basic authentication
`-S`, `--tls` or `--ssl`	Enable secure request serving with TLS/SSL (HTTPS)	`false`
`-C` or `--cert`	Path to ssl cert file	`cert.pem`
`-K` or `--key`	Path to ssl key file	`key.pem`
`-r` or `--robots`	Automatically provide a /robots.txt (The content of which defaults to `User-agent: *\nDisallow: /`)	`false`
`--no-dotfiles`	Do not show dotfiles
`--mimetypes`	Path to a .types file for custom mimetype definition
`-h` or `--help`	Print this list and exit.
`-v` or `--version`	Print the version and exit.