Re: Simple http server one-liner for some static files?

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Re^2: Simple http server one-liner for some static files? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 02, 2016 at 15:20 UTC
... that only uses core modules. Why? Yes, even you can use CPAN	[reply]
Re^3: Simple http server one-liner for some static files? by will_ (Scribe) on Mar 21, 2016 at 11:32 UTC
Because I don't want to spend time and energy configuring CPAN, accounting for the company proxy, downloading a module, finding somewhere to put it, worrying about accidentally installing files in the wrong place, making the perl command refer to that location, etc. for every temporary webserver I want to make. While you may think all that is "easy", you can't honestly think it's as easy, fast and convenient as typing "python -m SimpleHTTPServer" or any other built-in one-liner?	[reply]
Re^4: Simple http server one-liner for some static files? by bcarroll (Pilgrim) on Oct 01, 2016 at 00:27 UTC
How about this approach: Create a text file in a directory in your shell's PATH named SimpleHTTPServer.pl Paste the following code into the SimpleHTTPServer.pl text file `#!/usr/bin/env perl use HTTP::Daemon; my $port = $ARGV[0] \|\| 8000; my $d = HTTP::Daemon->new(LocalPort => $port) or die $!; print "SimpleHTTPServer.pl listening at: ", $d->url, "\n"; while (my $c = $d->accept) { while (my $r = $c->get_request) { $c->send_file_response(".".$r->url->path); } }` [download] If on a UNIX/Linux platform make sure to chmod +x SimpleHTTPServer.pl cd to the directory of your HTML content execute `SimpleHTTPServer.pl` to create a webserver on port 8000 or execute `SimpleHTTPServer.pl PORTNUMBER` to create a webserver on port number of your choice The implementation (a perl script) is not a one liner, but the execution (calling the perl script) is...	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Simple http server one-liner for some static files? by afoken (Chancellor) on Oct 01, 2016 at 07:14 UTC
Re^4: Simple http server one-liner for some static files? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 21, 2016 at 11:51 UTC
Perl does not have a simple HTTP server as part of its core modules. You will always have to download something from CPAN, which will always involve a bit more effort than your Python one-liner. So what is your point exactly? ... or are you just venting? If you want to use Perl to its fullest potential, you really should take the time to get to know how to use CPAN properly, and then yes, it will become relatively "easy".	[reply]