Snake Server for Haxe

Create TCP and HTTP servers with the Haxe programming language, or run haxelib run snake-server to start a local HTTP server that serves static files in a specific directory.

Warning! snake-server is not recommended for production. It only implements basic security checks.

Available on Haxe sys targets only.

Installation

Use the haxelib install command to download Snake Server.

haxelib install snake-server

Requires Haxe 4.1 or newer.

Command Line

Use the haxelib run command to launch Snake Server in the current directory on port 8000.

haxelib run snake-server

Options

The following options can be added to the haxelib run snake-server command to customize its behavior.

• --bind address

  bind to this address (default: 127.0.0.1)

• --directory path/to/dir

  serve this directory (default: current directory)

• --protocol HTTP/X.Y

  conform to this HTTP version (default: HTTP/1.0)

• --port number

  bind to this port (default: 8000)

• --cors

  add headers to enable CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing)

• --no-cache

  add headers to disable caching in web browsers

• --silent

  disable logging of requests

• --open-browser

  launches the server's URL in a web browser

• --help

  print usage instructions

Example:

haxelib run snake-server --bind 0.0.0.0 --port 3000 --protocol HTTP/1.1 --directory www

Haxe Documentation

• snake-server API Reference

Why did you choose "snake" for the name? 🐍

The Snake Server project's Haxe code is actually ported from the Python language's http.server and socketserver modules. Pythons are also a type of snake. The name is simply meant to pay tribute to the code's origins.