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std/http/mod.ts>serve

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function serve
import { serve } from "https://deno.land/std@0.138.0/http/mod.ts";

Serves HTTP requests with the given handler.

You can specify an object with a port and hostname option, which is the address to listen on. The default is port 8000 on hostname "0.0.0.0".

The below example serves with the port 8000.

import { serve } from "https://deno.land/std@0.138.0/http/server.ts";
serve((_req) => new Response("Hello, world"));

You can change the listening address by the host and port option. The below example serves with the port 3000.

import { serve } from "https://deno.land/std@0.138.0/http/server.ts";
serve((_req) => new Response("Hello, world"), { port: 3000 });

Parameters

handler: Handler

The handler for individual HTTP requests.

optional
options: ServeInit = [UNSUPPORTED]

The options. See ServeInit documentation for details.

Returns

Promise<void>