API reference

local-web-server

Example

const LocalWebServer = require('local-web-server')
const localWebServer = new LocalWebServer()
const server = localWebServer.listen({
  port: 8050,
  https: true,
  directory: 'src',
  spa: 'index.html',
  websocket: 'src/websocket-server.js'
})
// secure, SPA server with listening websocket now ready on port 8050

• local-web-server
  • LocalWebServer ⏏
    • .listen([options]) ⇒ Server

LocalWebServer ⏏

Kind: Exported class

localWebServer.listen([options]) ⇒ Server

Create a listening HTTP/HTTPS server.

Kind: instance method of LocalWebServer

Param	Type	Description
[options]	object	Server options
[options.port]	number	Port
[options.hostname]	string	The hostname (or IP address) to listen on. Defaults to 0.0.0.0.
[options.maxConnections]	number	The maximum number of concurrent connections supported by the server.
[options.keepAliveTimeout]	number	The period (in milliseconds) of inactivity a connection will remain open before being destroyed. Set to 0 to keep connections open indefinitely.
[options.configFile]	string	Config file path, defaults to 'lws.config.js'.
[options.https]	boolean	Enable HTTPS using a built-in key and cert registered to the domain 127.0.0.1.
[options.key]	string	SSL key file path. Supply along with --cert to launch a https server.
[options.cert]	string	SSL cert file path. Supply along with --key to launch a https server.
[options.pfx]	string	Path to an PFX or PKCS12 encoded private key and certificate chain. An alternative to providing --key and --cert.
[options.ciphers]	string	Optional cipher suite specification, replacing the default.
[options.secureProtocol]	string	Optional SSL method to use, default is "SSLv23_method".
[options.stack]	Array.<string> | Array.<Middlewares>	Array of feature classes, or filenames of modules exporting a feature class.
[options.server]	string | ServerFactory	Custom server factory, e.g. lws-http2.
[options.websocket]	string | Websocket	Path to a websocket module
[options.moduleDir]	Array.<string>	One or more directories to search for feature modules.