NonGNU ELPA - simple-httpd

Once loaded, there are only two interactive functions to worry about: httpd-start and httpd-stop. By default, files are served from httpd-root on port httpd-port. To disable, set httpd-serve-files to nil. Directory listings are enabled by default but can be disabled by setting httpd-listings to nil.

(require 'simple-httpd)
(setq httpd-root "/var/www")
(httpd-start)

Servlets can be defined with httpd-servlet. They are enabled by default but can be disabled by setting httpd-servlets to nil. This one creates at servlet at /hello-world that says hello.

(httpd-servlet hello-world text/plain (path)
  (insert "hello, " (file-name-nondirectory path)))

Another example at /greeting/<name> with optional parameter ?greeting=<greeting>.

(httpd-servlet* greeting/:name text/plain ((greeting "hi" greeting-p))
  (insert (format "%s, %s (provided: %s)" greeting name greeting-p)))

See the comment header in simple-httpd.el for full details.

The unit tests can be run with make test. The tests do some mocking to avoid using network code during testing.

Packages built on simple-httpd:

• skewer-mode
• impatient-mode
• airplay
• elfeed-web