How to start http-server locally

Question

I cloned angular seed which is using node http-server and it is working perfectly using following configuration.

Command : npm start (from root of project)

Following configuration in package.json file:

"start": "http-server -a localhost -p 8000 -c-1",
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However I'm unable to start this server directly. eg: from root of the project, none of these commands work:

>  angular-seed npm http-server  
>  angular-seed node http-server
>  angular-seed http-server

Shouldn't this(http-server) be available here(root, where it got installed from)? Could someone please explain me how it is working and how I can use it directly from root of the project.

I'm sure it will work fine if I install it globally but I'm not interested in that.

User · Answer

To start server locally paste the below code in package json and run npm start  in command line    scripts          start    http-server -c-1 -p 8081

User · Answer

When you re running npm install in the project s root  it installs all of the npm dependencies into the project s node modules directory   If you take a look at the project s node modules directory  you should see a directory called http-server  which holds the http-server package  and a  bin folder  which holds the executable binaries from the installed dependencies  The  bin directory should have the http-server binary  or a link to it    So in your case  you should be able to start the http-server by running the following from your project s root directory  instead of npm start      node modules  bin http-server -a localhost -p 8000 -c-1   This should have the same effect as running npm start   If you re running a Bash shell  you can simplify this by adding the   node modules  bin folder to your  PATH environment variable   export PATH   node modules  bin  PATH   This will put this folder on your path  and you should be able to simply run  http-server -a localhost -p 8000 -c-1

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