serve_dir: Serve a static directory

In xfun: Supporting Functions for Packages Maintained by 'Yihui Xie'

Serve a static directory

Description

Serve a directory of files via new_app(). If index.html exists under the directory, it is shown; otherwise a directory listing is shown. This is similar to servr::httd() and Python's http.server module.

Usage

serve_dir(dir = ".", name = "xfun-dir", ...)

Arguments

dir	The directory to serve.
name	The app name passed to new_app(). Use '' to serve the directory at the root URL via the proxy.
...	Other arguments passed to new_app().

Value

The app URL, returned invisibly.

Examples

xfun::serve_dir(tempdir())

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