gowebserver

Go Web Server

A simple, convenient, reliable, well tested HTTP/HTTPS web server to host static files. It can host a local directory or contents of a zip file.

# Download (linux amd64, see Downloads for other builds)
curl -o gowebserver -O -L https://github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/releases/download/v1.10.0/server-amd64; chmod +x gowebserver

# Host the directory you're currently in.
./gowebserver

# Host your home directory.
./gowebserver --path=${HOME}

# Host a zip file from the internet.
./gowebserver --path=https://github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/archive/v1.10.0.zip

Features

• Zero-config required, hosts on port 80 or 8080 based on root and supports Cloud9's $PORT variable.
• HTTP and HTTPs serving
• Automatic HTTPs certificate generation
• Optional configuration by flags or YAML config file.
• Host static files from:
  • Local directory (current directory is default)
  • ZIP archive (local or from HTTP/HTTPS)
  • Tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2) archive
  • Git repository (HTTPS, SSH)
• Metrics export to Prometheus.
• Prebuild binaries for all major OSes.
• Ubuntu snappy packaging for Raspberry Pi and other IoT devices.

Downloads

Build

Status:

Install Go 1.17 or newer.

git clone [email protected]:jeremyje/gowebserver.git
make

Test

make test
make bench

Sample

Sample code for embedding a HTTP/HTTPS server in your application.

import (
	"github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/server"
	"github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/cert"
)
func main() {
	certBuilder := cert.NewCertificateBuilder().
		SetRsa2048().
		SetValidDurationInDays(365)
	checkError(certBuilder.WriteCertificate("public.cert"))
	checkError(certBuilder.WritePrivateKey("private.key"))

	httpServer := server.NewWebServer().
		SetPorts(80, 443).
		SetMetricsEnabled(true).
		SetServePath("/", "/metrics").
		SetCertificateFile("public.cert").
		SetPrivateKey("private.key").
		SetVerbose(true)
	checkError(httpServer.SetPath("."))
	checkError(httpServer.SetUpload("./upload", "/upload.html"))
	httpServer.Serve()
}

func checkError(err error) {
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
}