I've not tried it, but there are several modules that provide a minimal HTTP server in your application. If you go that route, you can not only direct your browser to your HTML page, but you could also do some more complex applications that take form input. (The only module that comes to mind is Plack, but that's just because the odd name stuck with me. I've not tried any of those modules and am not recommending it over anything else, just offering it as an example.)

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