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GitHub Action

HTTP Server Action

v1.0.4

HTTP Server Action

server

HTTP Server Action

GitHub Action to start a http server that serves files

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: HTTP Server Action

              
  uses: Eun/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in Eun/http-server-action

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http-server-action

An action that spawns an http server to serve files.

Inputs

directory

Path that should be served (default is .) (optional)

port

Port that should be used (default is 8080) (optional)

no-cache

No-Cache determiantes wheter the server sets the Cache-Control header or not (default is false) (optional)

index-files

If set and directory is requested, look for those files, instead of show directory listing (default is EMPTY, sample is ["index.html", "index.htm"]) (optional)

allowed-methods

Throw HTTP-Error 405 on other methods than the methods given (default is ["GET", "HEAD"]) (optional)

content-types

A JSON object of content-types that should be served (optional) Default:

{
  "appcache": "text/cache-manifest",
  "css": "text/css",
  "gif": "image/gif",
  "html": "text/html",
  "ico": "image/x-icon",
  "jpeg": "image/jpeg",
  "jpg": "image/jpeg",
  "js": "text/javascript",
  "json": "application/json",
  "png": "image/png",
  "txt": "text/plain",
  "xml": "text/xml"
}

Example

steps:
  -
    name: Checkout code
    uses: actions/checkout@v2
  -
    name: Serve Files
    uses: Eun/http-server-action@v1
    with:
      directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
      port: 8080
      no-cache: false
      index-files: |
        ["index.html", "index.htm"]
      allowed-methods: |
        ["GET", "HEAD"]
      content-types: |
        {
          "appcache": "text/cache-manifest",
          "css": "text/css",
          "gif": "image/gif",
          "html": "text/html",
          "ico": "image/x-icon",
          "jpeg": "image/jpeg",
          "jpg": "image/jpeg",
          "js": "text/javascript",
          "json": "application/json",
          "png": "image/png",
          "txt": "text/plain",
          "xml": "text/xml"
        }
  -
    run: curl -vvvv http://localhost:8080/index.html