dhttpd 4.2.0

A static HTTP file server for easy local hosting of a directory.

A simple HTTP server that can serve up any directory, built with Dart. Inspired by python -m SimpleHTTPServer.

Install

Use the dart pub global command to install this into your system.

$ dart pub global activate dhttpd

Use

If you have modified your PATH, you can run this server from any local directory.

$ dhttpd

Otherwise you can use the dart pub global command.

$ dart pub global run dhttpd

Here's an example of creating a web app and then running it with this server:

$ dart create -t web web_app
$ cd web_app
$ dart pub get
$ dart run build_runner build -o build
$ dhttpd --path build/web/  # Serves app at http://localhost:8080

HTTPS

If you want to use HTTPS you will need to pass in the path of the SSL certificate and the SSL key file as well as the password string, if a password is set on the key, for example:

$ dart bin/dhttpd.dart --sslcert=example/server_chain.pem --sslkey=example/server_key.pem --sslkeypassword=dartdart
Server HTTPS started on port 8080

See the Dart documentation of SecurityContext.usePrivateKey for more details.

Configure

$ dhttpd --help
--headers=<headers>                  HTTP headers to apply to each response. Can be used multiple times. Format: header=value;header2=value
    --host=<host>                        The hostname to listen on.
                                         (defaults to "localhost")
-l, --list-files                         List the files in the directory if no index.html is present.
    --path=<path>                        The path to serve. If not set, the current directory is used.
-p, --port=<port>                        The port to listen on. Provide `0` to use a random port.
                                         (defaults to "8080")
    --sslcert=<sslcert>                  The SSL certificate to use. Also requires sslkey
    --sslkey=<sslkey>                    The key of the SSL certificate to use. Also requires sslcert
    --sslkeypassword=<sslkeypassword>    The password for the key of the SSL certificate to use.
-h, --help                               Displays the help.
    --version                            Prints the version of dhttpd.