HTTP Folder

A simple web server with file upload and download, written in Node.js

TL;DR

• POST /my-file to upload a file
• GET /my-file to download a file
• DELETE /my-file to delete a file
• GET / to list the files

There are no subfolders, only one root folder.

Dependencies

None

Installation

Install locally:

npm install -g http-folder

On kubernetes, you can use the public helm repository.

Usage

# Start the server
$ mkdir files
$ http-folder /tmp/data 4242
Serving /tmp/files on port 4242
# or HTTP_FOLDER_ROOT_DIR=/tmp/files HTTP_FOLDER_PORT=4242 http-folder

# Upload
$ cat original-file
some content
$ curl --data-binary "@original-file" http://localhost:4242/uploaded-file

# Download
$ curl -s http://localhost:4242/uploaded-file -o downloaded-file
$ cat downloaded-file
some content

# Delete
$ curl -XDELETE http://localhost:4242/uploaded-file
Deleted successfully$

Acknowledgements

Largely based on https://github.com/krvikash35/nodejs-download-upload-server