| #summary Serving static files with HTTP. |
| #labels http |
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| # Serving Static Files with HTTP |
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| The HTTP package provides good support for efficiently serving static files. |
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| This is a complete Go webserver serving static files: |
| |
| ``` |
| package main |
| |
| import "net/http" |
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| 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: |
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| See the [net/http documentation](http://golang.org/pkg/net/http/) and in particular the [FileServer example](http://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#example_FileServer) for more details. |
