httpd-ls

Utilize filesystem as rustic database through REST requests to an ultra-minimalist httpd. Performs ls <glob> and static GET supporting range headers to wrangle large filesystem operations.

Cross-platform: windows, cygwin, and linux. CI tests latter.

// serve
PORT=8001 BASE_DIR="$(pwd)/test" coffee index.coffee &

// directory listing `ls -R` as json
curl localhost:8001/**
// -> [ { name: "test/config.json", atime: "", mtime:"", ctime:"" }
//       ... ]

curl localhost:8001/test/*.json
// -> [ { name: "test/log/0_clone.0000", atime: "", mtime:"", ctime:"" }
//       ... ]

// tail -n 1 <filename>
curl -H "range: lines=-1" localhost:8001/test/log/0_clone.0000
// -> 010

// retrieve middle of file
curl -H "range: lines=3-5" localhost:8001/test/config.json
// ->
//  "0_clone":          ["chk.sh 0_clone"          , "1_build"],
//  "1_build":          ["chk.sh 1_build"          , "2_exec"],
//  "2_exec":           ["chk.sh 2_exec"           , "4_clone_mona"],