Node http server for LightningJS

Simple to use stand alone node HTTP Server

cli

$ sudo npm i -g metro-http

//start a metro-http from the current directory on the default port 8080
$ metro-http

You can modify any of the config keys by passing their key value pairs as args.

//start a metro-http from the current directory on port 3000 and start browser
$ metro-http port=3000 open=true

writing a node http server

    const server=require('metro-http')

    server.start({
        host: '0.0.0.0'
        port: 3000,
        open: true,  // Open default browser
        dir: '~/path_to_website',
        headers: {
            'Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy': 'require-corp',
            'Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy': 'same-origin'
        }
    }, callback);

    function callback (server) {
        // the server has started
    }

cors

Boolean - default false. True will allow cors with wildcard.

port

Number - Specifies on which port the website is served, when port is occupied it auto-increments. Default is 8080

open

Boolean - True will automatically open the served website in your default browser. Default false.

dir

String - directory path where the website is located. Defaults to metro-http test page.

watch

Boolean - defining if the directory should be watched. If True the browser will Reload the page. Default false