by topherPedersen

How to Build a Simple Web Server in Golang to Serve Static HTML Pages

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Quick little demonstration of how to server static HTML pages using Golang. This example assumes both your index.html and webserver.go files are in the same directory:

// REFERENCE (Simple Static Web Server in Go): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26559557/how-do-you-serve-a-static-html-file-using-a-go-web-server
package main
import (
"net/http"
)
func main() {
http.Handle("/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("./")))
http.ListenAndServe(":3000", nil)
}
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>My Super Sweet Homepage</h1>
<button onclick="doStuff()">CLICK HERE</button>
<script>
function doStuff() {
alert("do stuff!");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Need routes to other pages? Check out this example I have posted on GitHub: SimpleGolangWebServer

Need to serve up JSON instead of HTML? Check out this example by Tom Hudson: simple-json-api.go

 

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