Simple HTTP File Saver

A simple program running an HTTP server on localhost. It saves any POST request body into a file, whose location (inside a specified output directory) is determined by the request pathname.

Note: this package is intended as a utility.

Usage

The simplest usage case is included below

$ npx simple-http-file-saver

Options

This script includes 3 command line options.

HTTP Port

This option allows to change the HTTP port, on which the server is listening (8000 by default)

$ npx simple-http-file-saver -p 8080

$ npx simple-http-file-saver --port 8008

Output directory

This option allows to specify the root output directory (./data by default)

$ npx simple-http-file-saver -d ./output

$ npx simple-http-file-saver --directory /home/example.user/some/directory

Help

This utility has a help option.

$ npx simple-http-file-saver -h

$ npx simple-http-file-saver --help

Example

The example console input is below

$ cd /home/example.user/
$ npx simple-http-file-saver -d example

Starting Simple HTTP File Saver:
Listening on 'http://localhost:8000'.
Saving to directory '/home/example.user/example'.

Initiating webserver.
Webserver running.

In response to the following post request

$ curl http://localhost:8000/a/specific/file.json -d "text=Not_a_json"

POST /a/specific/file.json HTTP/1.1
Hostname: localhost
Content-Length: 15

text=Not_a_json

the webserver will create all the necesarry directories and this file

/home/example.user/example/a/specific/file.json

text=Not_a_json