Making "production ready" web serve in GoLang takes a few lines of code only.
Making "secure" web server with HTTPS is just a few more lines of code.
That requires providing TLS cert keys.
Even obtaining free cert keys is possible by using "autocert" go package.
with "Let's Encrypt" free certs provider.
ssl - How to set up Let's Encrypt for a Go server application - Stack Overflow
Early renewal with autocert - Help - Let's Encrypt Community Support
autocert package - golang.org/x/crypto/acme/autocert - Go Packages
basic, configurable, Go files web server
go run server.go
go run server.go -dir=/path/to/your/files
go run server.go -port=3000
go run server.go -dir=/path/to/your/files -port=3000
package main
import (
"flag"
"fmt"
"net/http"
"os"
)
func main() {
// Define command line flags
dirPath := flag.String("dir", ".", "Directory path to serve files from")
port := flag.String("port", "8080", "Port to run the server on")
// Parse command line arguments
flag.Parse()
// Use specified directory
staticDir := *dirPath
// Verify the directory exists
if _, err := os.Stat(staticDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
fmt.Printf("Error: Directory '%s' does not exist\n", staticDir)
os.Exit(1)
}
// Create a file server handler for the specified directory
fileServer := http.FileServer(http.Dir(staticDir))
// Handle all requests by trying to serve a file
http.Handle("/", fileServer)
// Format the address with the port
addr := ":" + *port
// Start the server
fmt.Printf("Server starting on port %s...\n", *port)
fmt.Printf("Serving files from: %s\n", staticDir)
fmt.Printf("Access at http://localhost%s\n", addr)
err := http.ListenAndServe(addr, nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Error starting server: %s\n", err)
}
}
