Operator is a web server. You provide a directory and Operator serves it over HTTP.
It serves static files the way you'd expect, but it can also serve dynamic content that is generated by handlebars templates or executables at request time.
More information is available on the Operator website.
Operator is a single self-contained binary. You can download a build from the releases list, unzip it, and run it from any directory.
The CLI has three subcommands:
eval evaluates a handlebars template from STDIN.get renders content from a content directory.serve starts an HTTP server.serve is where the real action is, but the other two come in handy at times.
These commands all require a content directory, which is just the folder
where your website lives. There are a bunch of sample content directories in
samples/.
To learn more, run operator --help or operator <SUBCOMMAND> --help.
Let's start a server for one of the samples:
sh
operator -vv serve \
--content-directory=samples/realistic-advanced \
--index-route=home \
--error-handler-route=error-handler \
--bind-to=127.0.0.1:8080
Open http://localhost:8080 in your browser of choice to see the website!
Operator is very young and has not been battle-hardened. There are known flaws and obvious missing features that need to be addressed. The major ones are filed as issues. All feedback is greatly appreciated.
This is my first nontrivial Rust project and I'm sure there are places where things are unidiomatic or nonoptimal. One of the reasons I created Operator was to get more experience with the language, so if you notice anything that could be improved (no matter how small), please open an issue to help me learn! ❤️