6-Line Static file server

README.md

Simple Static file server

Handy for when working on single-page apps

Usage

1. npm install -g server-here
2. here (if you're in a folder with files you want to serve)

Options

here --dir [directory to load files from] --port [port to use]

index.js

#! /usr/bin/env node

var express = require('express')
  , args = require('optimist').argv
  , path = require('path')
  , app  = express()
  , pathName = args.d || args.dir || './'
  , port = args.p || args.port || 3000

app.use(express.static(path.join(process.cwd(), pathName)));

app.listen(port, function() {
  console.log('Listening on port '+port+' serving files from '+pathName)
});

package.json

{
  "name": "server-here",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "description": "Starts a web server. Here. In this directory.",
  "main": "index.js",
  "bin": {
    "here": "./index.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "~3.4.0",
    "optimist": "~0.6.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {},
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://gist.github.com/6187251.git"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "BSD",
  "readmeFilename": "README.md",
  "gitHead": "931313e904128b59674276831797a4c6b44c7b58"
}

Hey it's more than 6 lines now ;)