Add support for static HTTP response headers

README.md

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ This will install `http-server` globally so that it may be run from the command
 
 `-U` or `--utc` Use UTC time format in log messages.
 
+`-H` or `--header` Add custom headers.  Format is `-H=header:value`.  Specify `-H` multiple times to set multiple headers.
+
 `-P` or `--proxy` Proxies all requests which can't be resolved locally to the given url. e.g.: -P http://someurl.com
 
 `-S` or `--ssl` Enable https.

bin/http-server

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var colors     = require('colors/safe'),
     opener     = require('opener'),
     argv       = require('optimist')
       .boolean('cors')
+      .alias('header', 'H')
       .argv;
 
 var ifaces = os.networkInterfaces();
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ if (argv.h || argv.help) {
     '  -c           Cache time (max-age) in seconds [3600], e.g. -c10 for 10 seconds.',
     '               To disable caching, use -c-1.',
     '  -U --utc     Use UTC time format in log messages.',
+    '  -H --header=header[:value]  Add custom headers.  Specify -H for each header to be set.',
     '',
     '  -P --proxy   Fallback proxy if the request cannot be resolved. e.g.: http://someurl.com',
     '',
@@ -113,6 +115,23 @@ function listen(port) {
     }
   }
 
+  function setHeader(h) {
+    var header = h.split(':');
+    options.headers[header[0]] = (header[1] ? header[1] : '');
+  }
+
+  if (argv.header) {
+    options.headers = {};
+    if (Array.isArray(argv.header)) {
+      argv.header.forEach(function (h) {
+        setHeader(h);
+      });
+    }
+    else {
+      setHeader(argv.header);
+    }
+  }
+
   if (ssl) {
     options.https = {
       cert: argv.C || argv.cert || 'cert.pem',

test/http-server-test.js

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ vows.describe('http-server').addBatch({
         robots: true,
         headers: {
           'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*',
-          'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials': 'true'
+          'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials': 'true',
+          'my-header': 'headerValue'
         }
       });
 
@@ -76,6 +77,14 @@ vows.describe('http-server').addBatch({
         assert.equal(res.headers['access-control-allow-credentials'], 'true');
       }
     },
+    'and options include static http-headers': {
+      topic: function () {
+        request('http://127.0.0.1:8080/', this.callback);
+      },
+      'should respond with headers set in options': function (err, res) {
+        assert.equal(res.headers['my-header'], 'headerValue');
+      }
+    },
     'When http-server is proxying from 8081 to 8080': {
       topic: function () {
         var proxyServer = httpServer.createServer({