add custom headers

README.md

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ Using `npx` you can run the script without installing it first:
 `-r` or `--robots` Provide a /robots.txt (whose content defaults to `User-agent: *\nDisallow: /`)
 
 `--no-dotfiles` Do not show dotfiles
+
+`-H` or `--header` Send the specified header with responses, e.g. `-H "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=315360000; includeSubdomains"`.
 
 `-h` or `--help` Print this list and exit.
 

bin/http-server

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ if (argv.h || argv.help) {
     '',
     '  -r --robots        Respond to /robots.txt [User-agent: *\\nDisallow: /]',
     '  --no-dotfiles      Do not show dotfiles',
+    '  -H --header        Send the specified header with responses,',
+    '                     e.g. -H \'X-MY-HEADER: foo\'',
     '  -h --help          Print this list and exit.',
     '  -v --version       Print the version and exit.'
   ].join('\n'));
@@ -113,6 +115,20 @@ else {
   listen(port);
 }
 
+function addHeader(headers, headersList) {
+  if (!Array.isArray(headersList)) {
+    headersList = [headersList];
+  }
+
+  for (var idx in headersList) {
+    var idx = headersList[idx].indexOf(':'),
+        key = headersList[idx].substring(0, idx),
+        val = headersList[idx].substring(idx + 1).trim();
+
+    headers[key] = val;
+  }
+}
+
 function listen(port) {
   var options = {
     root: argv._[0],
@@ -127,6 +143,7 @@ function listen(port) {
     logFn: logger.request,
     proxy: proxy,
     showDotfiles: argv.dotfiles,
+    headers: {},
     username: argv.username || process.env.NODE_HTTP_SERVER_USERNAME,
     password: argv.password || process.env.NODE_HTTP_SERVER_PASSWORD
   };
@@ -159,6 +176,8 @@ function listen(port) {
     }
   }
 
+  addHeader(options.headers, argv.H || argv.header);
+
   var server = httpServer.createServer(options);
   server.listen(port, host, function () {
     var canonicalHost = host === '0.0.0.0' ? '127.0.0.1' : host,

test/http-server-test.js

@@ -514,5 +514,31 @@ vows.describe('http-server').addBatch({
     teardown: function (server) {
       server.close();
     }
+  },
+  'When custom headers are set': {
+    topic: function () {
+      var server = httpServer.createServer({
+        root: root,
+        headers: {
+          'X-Custom': 'Test'
+        }
+      });
+      server.listen(8087);
+      this.callback(null, server);
+    },
+    requesting: {
+      topic: function () {
+        request('http://127.0.0.1:8087/', this.callback);
+      },
+      'should respond with status code 200': function (err, res) {
+        assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
+      },
+      'and response X-Custom header should contain 1': function (err, res) {
+        assert.ok(res.headers['x-custom']);
+      }
+    },
+    teardown: function (server) {
+      server.close();
+    }
   }
 }).export(module);