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Serve Directory
HTTPE comes with a simple static file server.
Example
---
rules:
- name: Before
on:
path: /dir/some-file.txt
answer.content: Access denied
respond:
on_success:
http_status: 403
- name: Server Dir
on:
path: /dir
serve.directory: /tmp/On accessing http://localhost:3000/dir/ you get a list of files and folders inside the /tmp directory.
The directory listing is rendered if no index.html file is found.
On the rule definition do not put a trailing slash at the end of path.
Good: path: /dir
Bad: path: /dir/
However, when you want the directory listing getting rendered or the index.html returned, the URL must end with a slash.
The rules are processed from top to bottom. If you specify a rule with a path that’s within the path of a directory, and
if the rule is above the serve.directory rule, the rule has precedence. Note that path always refers to the URL,
not to the filesystem.