ziphttpd 1.0.0

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ziphttpd: serve Zip files over HTTP

This runs a small web server that provides the contents of a Zip file. This only serves the files present in the archive, there is no auto-listing of directory contents. However, paths that end in / get appended with index.html, so if the Zip file contains that file, it gets served as directory path. In particular, path / maps to index.html if the Zip file contains a file thus named.

Install

pip install ziphttpd

Example uses

ziphttpd archive.zip

Serves the contents of archive.zip over an automatically-selected ephemeral port, over the loopback interface (localhost).

ziphttpd -p 18888 archive.zip

Serves the file over the loopback interface, at port 18888.

ziphttpd -b 192.168.1.45 -p 18888 archive.zip

Serves the file over one's a network-exposed interface associated to one's IP address, port 18888.

python -m ziphttpd -B -b "" -p 18888 archive.zip

Serves over all of the host's network interfaces, port 18888, and skips starting a the host's web browser to http://0.0.0.0:18888/ (path / at the server's location). Notice how one can use python -m ziphttpd as an alternative to short-form entry point.

Command line arguments

Command line schema:

ziphttpd [options] ZIPFILE

Argument	Description	Example
ZIPFILE	The file whose contents to distribute with this server.	myfile.zip
-b ADDRESS --address ADDRESS	Address to the IP interface to which the server should bind.	localhost 10.2.1.18 0.0.0.0 (all interfaces bound)
-p PORT --port PORT	Port to which to bind the server.	10080 80 (careful with privileged ports) 0 (autochoose an ephemeral port)
-B --no-browser	By default, once the web server is set up, Ziphttpd opens a web browser tab to the server's URL on the host. This option omits this browser action.
-v --verbose	Increases the verbosity level of the server log. Use twice for debugging trace.