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The Basics

Local-web-server is a distribution of lws bundled with a "starter pack" of useful middleware.

• Launch a simple HTTP development web server
• Launch a secure HTTPS development web server
  • How to get the "green padlock" using the built-in certificate
  • How to get the "green padlock" using a new self-signed certificate
• How to launch a secure HTTP2 development web server
• Configuration Management
• Using middleware
• Verbose output
• How to distribute with your project
• How to use local-web-server programmatically (API Reference)
• CLI usage options

Default stack tutorials

Name	Description
↓ Basic Auth	How to password-protect a server using Basic Authentication.
↓ Body Parser	How to access the body of an incoming request
↓ Request Monitor	Feeds traffic information to the --verbose output.
↓ Log	How to output an access log How to visualise access logs with third-party tools
↓ Cors	How to configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
↓ Json	Pretty-prints JSON responses.
↓ Rewrite	How to rewrite URLs to local or remote destinations
↓ Blacklist	How to blacklist certain routes
↓ Conditional Get	How to use HTTP Conditional Requests
↓ Mime	How to customise mime types
↓ Compress	Compress responses using gzip.
↓ SPA	How to serve a Single Page Application (SPA)
↓ Static	How to serve static files
↓ Index	Serves directory listings.

Other middleware plugins

Name	Description
Redirect	Perform a 302 Redirect if the requested URL matches a specified regular expression.

Extending

• How to create a middleware module

Plugins

• lws middleware plugins on npm