Quick Node.js webserver for serving static content

README.md

Many times I need just to run a simple webserver in a specific directory. That is the solution I came up with.

Installation

Put the files somewhere and then:

$ npm install

Usage

$ node server.js [<PATH TO DIR> [<PORT>]]

package.json

{
  "name": "quick-static-server",
  "description": "Quick webserver for serving static files in any dir",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "author": "korya <[email protected]>",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "3.x"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=0.10"
  }
}

server.js

var express = require('express'),
    app = express()

var dir = process.argv[2] || __dirname + '/static'
var port = process.argv[3] || process.env.SERVER_PORT || 8080

app.use(express.static(dir))
app.use(express.directory(dir))

app.listen(port)
console.log('Listening on', port)