An escript that serves the current directory over HTTP.
I didn't want to have to use python -m SimpleHTTPServer anymore so I made
this. It's basically exactly the same thing, except ~10 times faster, and it
supports etag caching. Great for previewing what your generated ExDoc looks like
for your project by running it in /doc.
Should definitely work on Linux and Mac OS X, but untested on Windows. Let me know if it works for you!
If you have Elixir 1.4 or above,
mix escript.install hex serve_this
If you have Elixir 1.3 or above,
mix escript.install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antipax/serve_this/master/serve_this
If you don't trust me, you can also clone this repository, read the code, and then run this yourself:
MIX_ENV=prod mix escript.build, escript.install
Otherwise, download or build the serve_this escript and place it
somewhere in your path.
After installation, simply run serve_this to serve the current directory on
port 8000.
You can use the PORT environment variable to alter the server port
from the default, which is 8000.
If you access a directory, you will receive a listing, unless a file named
index.html is present, in which case it will be served instead.