Start an HTTP server from a directory, optionally specifying the port

server.sh

# =========================================================================
# = Start an HTTP server from a directory, optionally specifying the port =
# =========================================================================

function server() {
	local port="${1:-8000}"
	open "http://localhost:${port}/"
	# Set the default Content-Type to `text/plain` instead of `application/octet-stream`
	# And serve everything as UTF-8 (although not technically correct, this doesn’t break anything for binary files)
	python -c $'import SimpleHTTPServer;\nmap = SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.extensions_map;\nmap[""] = "text/plain";\nfor key, value in map.items():\n\tmap[key] = value + ";charset=UTF-8";\nSimpleHTTPServer.test();' "$port"
}