http-server doesnt serve up any files-CodePudding

So im trying to make my localhost server up https to do some testing with webhooks, i was looking into http-server and i can get the https server up and running, but it wont server any content for my MERN application, it simply just downloads the file from the browser. I need to be able to server up my application from the localhost over https, but it seems that http-server only creates a web server... im sure if i was serving static content this might work, but it doesnt.

does anyone have any idea how to proceed? the goal is to ensure i can setup an https://localhost:3000 that i will expose on my router so i can take in content from a different API via a webhook and see what the data looks like.

CodePudding user response：

Yes, setting up a https server can be done easily.

var privateKey = fs.readFileSync( 'privatekey.pem' );
var certificate = fs.readFileSync( 'certificate.pem' );

https.createServer({
    key: privateKey,
    cert: certificate
}, app).listen(port);

See the Node docs for more info: https://nodejs.org/api/https.html

Then you need to use a router to serve the application logic.