TheWaWaR/simple-http-server

Features

• Static File Servers - Provides a lightweight static file server for hosting local files and directories over HTTP.
• HTTP File Uploads - Implements an HTTP file upload server with configurable size limits and security tokens.
• TLS Termination - Handles TLS termination using PKCS#12 certificates to establish secure HTTPS connections.
• File Upload Security - Provides secure file upload handling with token validation and streamed storage.
• Upload Request Validation - Implements a secure upload server with file size limits and request token validation.
• TLS Certificate Management - Secures network traffic using PKCS#12 certificates to establish encrypted HTTPS connections.
• Traffic Encryption - Encrypts network traffic using PKCS#12 certificates to ensure secure data transmission.
• HTTPS Servers - Provides a dedicated HTTPS web server that uses PKCS#12 certificates for secure traffic encryption.
• HTTP Request Body Streaming - Uses stream-based uploads to handle large files without consuming excessive system memory.
• HTTP Range Request Handlers - Implements HTTP range request handlers to optimize bandwidth by delivering partial file content.
• ETag Generators - Provides ETag generation to enable conditional requests and browser cache validation.
• Basic Authentication - Restricts access to hosted files and directories using standard HTTP Basic Authentication.
• Cache Control Headers - Manages custom HTTP headers for CORS policies and browser cache-control.
• CORS Policy Configurations - Manages cross-origin resource sharing permissions and handles browser preflight requests.
• Request Authentication Middleware - Utilizes authentication middleware to validate credentials and security tokens before filesystem access.
• CORS Policies - Provides a specialized gateway for managing CORS policies and browser caching.
• HTTP Content Compression - Reduces network payload size by compressing responses using gzip before transmission.
• Path Normalization - Implements path normalization to map incoming HTTP requests correctly to host directories.
• Response Compression - Reduces network payload size through gzip-based response compression.
• Single Page Application Hosting - Supports single-page application hosting via fallback routing to a single HTML file.
• SPA Routing Support - Includes fallback routing support that redirects missing paths to an index file for single-page applications.
• Web Services - Simple static HTTP server.

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