/nasus

Zero-configuration command-line async HTTP files server in Clojure. Like Python's SimpleHTTPServer but scalable.

Primary LanguageClojureMIT LicenseMIT

A simple zero-configuration command-line HTTP files server. Like Python's SimpleHTTPServer but scalable. Сan easily handle thousands of simultaneous connections.

Implemented in Clojure with Aleph and Netty. Mostly as an example. It's still skillful and handy tho'. There's even nothing wrong with putting it to production.

Usage

Run in the directory you want to serve:

clj -Sdeps '{:deps {nasus {:mvn/version "0.1.2"}}}' -m http.server

Or specify custom port:

clj -Sdeps '{:deps {nasus {:mvn/version "0.1.2"}}}' -m http.server 8001

Features

  • Plain text & HTML directory listings based on "Accept" header
  • Automatic mime-type detection
  • Streaming and chunked encoding for large files
  • Keep-alive and slow requests handling
  • Transperent content compression (gzip, deflate)
  • Cache control and "Last-Modified

In development:

  • Range queries support
  • SSL/TLS
  • Basic auth
  • List of files & directories to exclude from serving

Flags

  -p, --port <PORT>     8000     Port number
  -b, --bind <IP>       0.0.0.0  Address to bind to
      --no-index                 Disable directory listings
      --no-cache                 Disable cache headers
      --no-compression           Disable deflate and gzip compression
  -h, --help

License

Copyright © 2019 Nasus

Nasus is licensed under the MIT license, available at MIT and also in the LICENSE file.

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