expo-static-server
----
A static server for expo.

This library supports both Android and IOS right now.

Install

``shell
npx expo install expo-static-server

or

npm i expo-static-server

or

yarn add expo-static-server
`

Usage

`Typescript
import * as FileSystem from "expo-file-system";
import { stopServer, startServer } from "expo-static-server";
import React, { useEffect } from "react";

export function TestComponent(props: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
useEffect(() => {
// Start server
startServer({
port: 8080,
host: "127.0.0.1",
root: FileSystem.documentDirectory || "",
})
.then(() => {
console.log(The static server is running);
})
.catch(console.error);

return () => {
// Stop server
stopServer()
.then(() => {
console.log(The static server is stoped);
})
.catch(console.error);
};
}, []);
return <>{props.children};
}
`

API

$3

Starts a static server and serves files from the specified root directory.
`typescript
type startServer = (props: {
host: string,
port: number,
root: string,
}) => Promise
`
Example:

Starts a static server and serves the specified files.
`typescript
import * as FileSystem from "expo-file-system";
import { startServer } from "expo-static-server";

export async function startFileServerByFiles(props: {
port: number;
host: string;
files: { uri: string; name: string; type: string }[];
}) {
const { port, host, files } = props;
const root =
(FileSystem.documentDirectory || "") + "expo_static_server_root_files";
for (const file of files) {
const fileName = ${file.name}${file.type ? "." + file.type : ""};
await FileSystem.copyAsync({
from: file.uri,
to: root + "/" + fileName,
});
}
await startServer({
port,
host,
root,
});
}


`

Starts a static server and serves files extracted from the specified zip file.

`typescript
import * as FileSystem from "expo-file-system";
import { startServer } from "expo-static-server";
import { unzip } from 'react-native-zip-archive';

export async function startFileServerByZipFileUri(props: {
port: number;
host: string;
zipFileUri: string;
}) {
const { port, host, zipFileUri } = props;
const root =
(FileSystem.documentDirectory || "") + "expo_static_server_root_zip_files";
await unzip(zipFileUri, root);
await startServer({
port,
host,
root,
});
}
`

$3

Stop the static server.
`typescript
type stopServer = () => Promise
`

Permissions

If you want to access external storage in your project, you may need to add the following permissions:

+ Android: READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`