#summary Serving static files with HTTP. #labels http

Serving Static Files with HTTP

The HTTP package provides good support for efficiently serving static files.

This is a complete Go webserver serving static files:

package main
import "net/http"
func main() {
	panic(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", http.FileServer(http.Dir("/usr/share/doc"))))
}

That example is intentionally short to make a point. Using panic() to deal with an error is probably too aggressive & would produce too much output. More typical style would be:

See the net/http documentation and in particular the FileServer example for more details.