Quick & dirty node webserver to server files and directories

server.js

// npm init
// npm install @hapi/hapi @hapi/inert

'use strict'

const Hapi = require('@hapi/hapi');

const init = async () => {
    const server = Hapi.server({
        port: 3210,
        host: 'localhost',
        routes: {
            cors: true
        }
    });

    await server.register(require('@hapi/inert'));

    if (process.argv.length > 2 && process.argv[2] != undefined && process.argv[2] != "") {
        var dir = process.argv[2];
    } else {
        var dir = ".";
    }

    server.route({
        method: 'GET',
        path: '/{param*}',
        handler: {
            directory: {
                path: dir,
                index: ['index.html', 'main.html'],
                listing: true
            }
        }
    });

    await server.start();

    console.log('Server running at: %s', server.info.uri);
    console.log('Serving directory: "%s"', dir);
};

init();

webserver.sh

#!/bin/bash

( node ~/webserver/server.js "$1" ) || { echo "Trying with modules"; node ~/webserver/with-modules.js "$1"; }

with-modules.js

// npm init
// npm install @hapi/hapi @hapi/inert

'use strict'

import Hapi from '@hapi/hapi';
import inert from '@hapi/inert';

const init = async () => {
    const server = Hapi.server({
        port: 3210,
        host: 'localhost',
        routes: {
            cors: true
        }
    });
    
    await server.register(inert);

    if (process.argv.length > 2 && process.argv[2] != undefined && process.argv[2] != "") {
        var dir = process.argv[2];
    } else {
        var dir = ".";
    }
    
    server.route({
        method: 'GET',
        path: '/{param*}',
        handler: {
            directory: {
                path: dir,
                index: ['index.html', 'main.html'],
                listing: true
            }
        }
    });
    
    await server.start();
    
    console.log('Server running at: %s', server.info.uri);
    console.log('Serving directory: "%s"', dir);
};

init();