File server example with directory listing

To try this example, you need GNU make and git in your PATH.

To build and run the example, use the following command:

$ make run

Then point your browser to http://localhost:8080 to browse the contents of the priv directory.

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HTTP/1.1 example output

$ curl -i http://localhost:8080/test.txt
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 13:49:50 GMT
content-length: 52
content-type: text/plain
last-modified: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:33:31 GMT

If you read this then the static file server works!

HTTP/2 example output

$ nghttp -v http://localhost:8080/test.txt
[  0.000] Connected
[  0.000] send SETTINGS frame <length=12, flags=0x00, stream_id=0>
          (niv=2)
          [SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS(0x03):100]
          [SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE(0x04):65535]
[  0.000] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=3>
          (dep_stream_id=0, weight=201, exclusive=0)
[  0.000] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=5>
          (dep_stream_id=0, weight=101, exclusive=0)
[  0.000] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=7>
          (dep_stream_id=0, weight=1, exclusive=0)
[  0.000] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=9>
          (dep_stream_id=7, weight=1, exclusive=0)
[  0.000] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=11>
          (dep_stream_id=3, weight=1, exclusive=0)
[  0.000] send HEADERS frame <length=46, flags=0x25, stream_id=13>
          ; END_STREAM | END_HEADERS | PRIORITY
          (padlen=0, dep_stream_id=11, weight=16, exclusive=0)
          ; Open new stream
          :method: GET
          :path: /test.txt
          :scheme: http
          :authority: localhost:8080
          accept: */*
          accept-encoding: gzip, deflate
          user-agent: nghttp2/1.7.1
[  0.001] recv SETTINGS frame <length=0, flags=0x00, stream_id=0>
          (niv=0)
[  0.001] recv SETTINGS frame <length=0, flags=0x01, stream_id=0>
          ; ACK
          (niv=0)
[  0.001] send SETTINGS frame <length=0, flags=0x01, stream_id=0>
          ; ACK
          (niv=0)
[  0.007] recv (stream_id=13) :status: 200
[  0.007] recv (stream_id=13) content-length: 52
[  0.007] recv (stream_id=13) content-type: text/plain
[  0.007] recv (stream_id=13) date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:25:20 GMT
[  0.007] recv (stream_id=13) etag: "1371478245"
[  0.007] recv (stream_id=13) last-modified: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:00:17 GMT
[  0.007] recv (stream_id=13) server: Cowboy
[  0.007] recv HEADERS frame <length=81, flags=0x04, stream_id=13>
          ; END_HEADERS
          (padlen=0)
          ; First response header
If you read this then the static file server works!
[  0.007] recv DATA frame <length=52, flags=0x01, stream_id=13>
          ; END_STREAM
[  0.007] send GOAWAY frame <length=8, flags=0x00, stream_id=0>
          (last_stream_id=0, error_code=NO_ERROR(0x00), opaque_data(0)=[])