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[](http://badge.fury.io/js/local-web-server)[](https://david-dm.org/75lb/local-web-server)
local-web-server================Fires up a simple, static web server on a given port. A pure Javascript (and more reliable) alternative to `$ python -mSimpleHTTPServer 8000`.
Use for local web development or file sharing (directory browsing enabled). Plays well with Google Chrome Workspaces.
Install-------Install [Node.js](http://nodejs.org), then run
```sh$ npm install -g local-web-server```
*Linux/Mac users may need to run the above with `sudo`*
Usage-----```usage: ws [--directory|-d <directory>] [--port|-p <port>] [--log-format|-f dev|default|short|tiny]```
From the folder you wish to serve, run:```sh$ wsserving at http://localhost:8000```
If you wish to serve a different directory, run:```sh$ ws -d ~/mysite/serving ~/mysite at http://localhost:8000```
If you wish to override the default port (8000), use `--port` or `-p`:```sh$ ws --port 9000serving at http://localhost:9000```
Use a built-in or custom [Connect logger format](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/logger.html) with `--log-format`:```sh$ ws --log-format short```
Use with Logstalgia-------------------The "default" log-format is compatible with [logstalgia](http://code.google.com/p/logstalgia/).
If you wrote your log output to disk, like so:```sh$ ws --log-format default > web.log```
Then you could visualise in logstalgia with:```sh$ logstalgia web.log```
Alternatively, pipe directly from ws into logstalgia for real-time visualisation:```sh$ ws --log-format default | logstalgia -```
Use with glTail---------------To use with [glTail](http://www.fudgie.org), write your log to disk using the "default" format:```sh$ ws -f default > web.log```
Then specify this file in your glTail config:
```yamlservers: dev: host: localhost source: local files: /Users/Lloyd/Documents/MySite/web.log parser: apache color: 0.2, 0.2, 1.0, 1.0```
[](https://nodei.co/npm/local-web-server/)
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