To run the server, enter the following command:
ruby main.rb
You can now make requests against the server.
Files are served from the files directory, but the user will not know this and will request them using the path within the files directory to the file. The special case of / will shortcut to /index.html. Therefore, to make a request against the server, enter something like the following:
curl http://localhost:2000/test.html or curl http://localhost:2000
Both serve the same file located at files/test.html. Open a browser and navigate to any file located in the files directory by appending the relative path from the root directory of this folder without the files prefix.
To run multiple requests at once against the server and see that it retrieves the files as expected, run the following command (requires installing the parallel command):
sudo apt install parallel
parallel -j 4 curl -q {} < testrequests.out
or run
`parallel -j 4 wget -q {} < testrequests.out'
to have the files saved to the directory.
To run the testsuite, enter the following command:
rake test