HandyDevServer

A simple web server with handy hooks for setting up test environments for web development.

Installation  

npm install handydevserver

Simple Usage

Call the constructor with a port to run on, and an array of folders to look for files in.

var handydevserver = require("handydevserver");
// Add three folders to the common directory.
// Run on port 8080
handydevserver(8080, ['./dist', './smoketest', './gateway'])

Simulated server delay

To simulate latency, add a latency attribute with a delay value (in ms):

handydevserver(8080, ['./dist', './smoketest', './gateway'], {
    latency: 2500
})

If you want to randomize the latency, provide an array of two values and the latency will be randomized somewhere in between:

handydevserver(8080, ['./dist', './smoketest', './gateway'], {
    latency: [500, 2500]
})

Ignore files/folders

To remove certain files or folders for directory listings, add an ignore array of strings. These are wildcards, so if you specify the string "hello" it would ignore things like: "hello_world", "hello_america", etc:

handydevserver(8080, ['./dist', './smoketest', './gateway'], {
    ignore: ['node_modules', '.svn']
})

Hooks

You can intercept text files (CSS, HTML, JS, etc) before they get delivered to the browser incase you want to change them. To do this, pass a config object to your call to the constructor:

handydevserver(
    8080,
   ['./dist', './smoketest', './gateway'],
    {
      ontextfile: function (filename, contents, headers) {
        if (filename.indexOf('gateway.js') || filename.indexOf('gateway.min.js')) {
          contents = contents.replace(/foo/gi, "bar");
        }
        // Add some header
        headers.myHeader = 'some header value';
        return contents;
      },
      onhtmlfile: function(filename, contents, headers) {
        // an HTML file is being served
        // Do whatever changes you want
        return contents;
      },
      onjsfile: function(filename, contents, headers) {
        // a JavaScript file is being served
        // Do whatever changes you want
        return contents;
      }
    });

Custom Headers

You can add your own custom headers to responses by adding a headers object to your configuration:

handydevserver(
    8080,
   ['./dist', './smoketest', './gateway'],
    {
      headers: {'mycustomheader':'somevalue'}
    });

SSL

You can also run an HTTPS server by using the self-signed cert feature. Note: you will need to add an exception to any certificate errors that occur in your browser.

handydevserver(443, [/*dirs*/], { ssl: true });