Static Files

Basic example

To serve statics files with very few lines of code :

using System;
using System.Net;
using SimpleW;

namespace Sample {
    class Program {

        static void Main() {

            // listen to all IPs port 2015
            var server = new SimpleWServer(IPAddress.Any, 2015);

            // serve static content located in your folder "C:\www\spa\" to "/" endpoint
            server.AddStaticContent(@"C:\www\spa\", "/");

            // enable autoindex if no index.html exists in the directory
            server.AutoIndex = true;

            // start non blocking background server
            server.Start();

            Console.WriteLine("server started at http://localhost:2015/");

            // block console for debug
            Console.ReadKey();

        }
    }
}

Then just point your browser to http://localhost:2015/.

Note : if AutoIndex is false and the directory does not contain a default document index.html, an http 404 error will return.

Note : on Windows, the Firewall can block this simple console app even if exposed on localhost and port > 1024. You need to allow access otherwise you will not reach the server.

Multiples Directories

SimpleW can handle multiple directories as soon as they are declared under different endpoints.

using System;
using System.Net;
using SimpleW;

namespace Sample {
    class Program {

        static void Main() {

            // listen to all IPs port 2015
            var server = new SimpleWServer(IPAddress.Any, 2015);

            // serve directories/endpoints
            server.AddStaticContent(@"C:\www\frontend", "/");
            server.AddStaticContent(@"C:\www\public", "/public/");

            server.Start();

            Console.WriteLine("server started at http://localhost:2015/");

            // block console for debug
            Console.ReadKey();

        }
    }
}

Options

You can change some settings before server start.

To change the default document

server.DefaultDocument = "maintenance.html";

To add custom mime types

server.AddMimeTypes(".vue", "text/html");

Cache

The AddStaticContent() caches all directories/files in RAM (default: 1 hour) on server start.
Also, an internal filesystem watcher is keeping this cache up-to-date. It supports realtime file editing even when specific lock/write occurs.

To modify cache duration or to filter files

// serve statics files
server.AddStaticContent(
    @"C:\www\",             // under C:\www or its subdirectories
    "/",                    // to / endpoint
    "*.csv",                // only CSV files
    TimeSpan.FromDays(1)    // set cache to 1 day
);