Annyong, a small web server that serves static files from the current directory

by remi • 15 years ago

36 25 15 years ago

jfr• 15 years ago

Simpler:

    python -m SimpleHTTPServer

terhechte• 15 years ago

Aw, I was just about to write just that comment. :)

mattew• 15 years ago

Me too. I don't use python for development on a day to day basis but use the python SimpleHTTPServer all the time.

remi2• 15 years ago

Funny thing is, one of the reason I wrote annyong was because I was getting tired of the boring SimpleHTTPServer listing style and found no simple alternatives :)

wildmXranat• 15 years ago

Indeed. I use this method way too much. In fact, when I baked my own static page compiler script, this was the 'built-in' server.

tdavis• 15 years ago

Almost as simple, but production-ready (fast, daemonize-able, ssl, etc.):

  twistd -n web --port=8080 --path=.

xutopia• 15 years ago

This isn't the same thing. Annyong shows you a list of files rather than serving straight up. If there is an index.html file it's just listed like all the other files. See the readme for more info.

known• 15 years ago

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/browser-serve...

drx• 15 years ago

Or in python3:

python -m http.server

pclouds• 15 years ago

busybox httpd

HerraBRE• 15 years ago

Combine this with http://pagekite.net/ (my project) and it can be visible to the wider Internet, not just your local LAN. :-)

AdamTReineke• 15 years ago

Named after that kid on Arrested Development! (Or rather, it means "hello" in Korean.)

ernestipark• 15 years ago

As a Korean I love this name.

acconrad• 15 years ago

Best. name. ever.

thirsteh• 15 years ago

Annyong? Yes, annyong!

isleyaardvark• 15 years ago

Love the show, but I keep reading it as "Annoying".

Caged• 15 years ago

I use serve - https://github.com/jlong/serve. It can render erb, haml, html, and has the concept of a layout. It can also be as simple as `serve` in the current directory to serve up any files or directories.

ashleyw• 15 years ago

Also see my gem, Boost (https://github.com/ashleyw/boost). I designed it to prototype Haml/Sass/CoffeeScript sites in a transparent manner, but it'll serve anything from the current directory too.

mthomas• 15 years ago

I use thttpd: http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/thttpd_man.html for simple fast serving.

jamesgeck0• 15 years ago

This is something I don't really understand about the way so many tiny Ruby projects are structured. Do you need six folders to hold about 200 lines of code? It's organized, but it seems like it's more work to get a grasp on the whole program. Is this something enforced by rack or rubygems?

remi2• 15 years ago

I agree the project structure might be overkill. But that's just the way I organize my folders and files, you know, just in case I need to expand later :)

chuhnk• 15 years ago

Can I please ask why this is being upvoted without being downvoted? I'm not asking out of arrogance, hatred or jealousy infact I think the project is quite cool as its similar to what I have done myself using eventmachine in ruby and libevent in c but is it HN front page worthy? I feel like its been done to death.

epochwolf• 15 years ago

Basic submissions can't be downvoted.

JoachimSchipper• 15 years ago

The grandparent almost certainly means "can I ask why this article is considered interesting without seeing my comment buried at -4".

synnik• 15 years ago

The name might need work.

When skimming the HN front page, I thought it said: "Annoying small web server..."

Annyong, a small web server that serves static files from the current directory

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