InstaHttp is an instant Web server based on Jetty.

It provides HTTP access to static content in the local filesystem.

Download the release and run. It requires Java 6 or later.

java -jar instahttp.jar

Open http://localhost:8080/.

It accepts following options:

• -b host - listening host; default is -b 0.0.0.0 (all interfaces)
• -p port - listening port; default is -p 8080
• -l - listening on localhost
• Extra argument - a base path of static content; default is . (current directory)

Example:

java -jar instahttp.jar -l ..

InstaHttp is available on Maven Central and Bintray.

// Gradle
compile 'org.hidetake:instahttp:x.y'

Create and start a server by calling HttpServer.create() method.

import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
import org.hidetake.httpserver.HttpServer;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;

Server server = HttpServer.create(new InetSocketAddress(8080), ".");
server.start();

server.stop();

See Main class for example.

This is an open source software licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0. Send me your issue or pull request.