http: add `http.createStaticServer`
This PR adds a small utility to spawns a really simple HTTP 1.1 server to serve a local directory. The server is not meant to be secure or extremely performant, it's meant to be minimal and a useful replacement for python -m http.server
. This should never be used in production of course.
Usage:
node -e 'http.createStaticServer()' # starts serving the cwd on a random port
# To start serving on the port 8080 using /path/to/dir as the root:
node -e 'http.createStaticServer({directory: "/path/to/dir", port: 8080})'
# Same as above, but exposing your local file system to the whole IPv4 network:
node -e 'http.createStaticServer({directory: "/path/to/dir", port: 8080, host: "0.0.0.0"})'
Semver-major if we want to release it without requiring the
EDIT: I've removed the node:
prefix.node:http/static
module from this PR, it can be discussed in a separate PR.