simple-http-file-saver
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A simple program running an HTTP server on localhost. It saves any POST request body into a file, whose location (inside a specified output directory) is determined by the request pathname.
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Simple HTTP File Saver
A simple program running an HTTP server on localhost. It saves any POST request body into a file, whose location (inside a specified output directory) is determined by the request pathname.
Note: this package is intended as a utility.
Usage
The simplest usage case is included below
$ npx simple-http-file-saver
Options
This script includes 3 command line options.
HTTP Port
This option allows to change the HTTP port, on which the server is listening (8000
by default)
$ npx simple-http-file-saver -p 8080
$ npx simple-http-file-saver --port 8008
Output directory
This option allows to specify the root output directory (./data
by default)
$ npx simple-http-file-saver -d ./output
$ npx simple-http-file-saver --directory /home/example.user/some/directory
Help
This utility has a help option.
$ npx simple-http-file-saver -h
$ npx simple-http-file-saver --help
Example
The example console input is below
$ cd /home/example.user/
$ npx simple-http-file-saver -d example
Starting Simple HTTP File Saver:
Listening on 'http://localhost:8000'.
Saving to directory '/home/example.user/example'.
Initiating webserver.
Webserver running.
In response to the following post request
$ curl http://localhost:8000/a/specific/file.json -d "text=Not_a_json"
POST /a/specific/file.json HTTP/1.1
Hostname: localhost
Content-Length: 15
text=Not_a_json
the webserver will create all the necesarry directories and this file
/home/example.user/example/a/specific/file.json
text=Not_a_json