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<p align="center">A hosting service for absolute minimalists. Try it at <a href="https://hostyoself.com">hostyoself.com</a>.</p>
## Host from the browser
Open [hostyoself.com](https://hostyoself.com) and drag and drop a folder, or select a file. Your browser will host the files!
## Host from the command line
You can host files directly from the terminal!
```
$ hostyoself host
https://hostyoself.com/confidentcat/
```
Now if you have a file in your folder `README.md` you can access it with the public URL `https://hostyoself.com/confidentcat/README.md`, directly from your computer!
## Run your own relay
Want to run your own relay? Its easy.
```
$ hostyoself relay --url https://yoururl
```
## FAQ
**How do I start web hosting?** You will need to setup port forwarding, a dynamic DNS, name registration, MySQL, PHP, Apache and take a online course in Javascript.
Just *kidding*! You don't need any of that crap. Just drag and drop a folder, or select a file. That's literally it. Now you can host a website from your laptop or your phone or your smartwatch or your toaster.
Just *kidding*! You don't need any of that crap. Just goto [hostyoself.com](https://hostyoself.com) drag and drop a folder, or select a file. That's literally it. Now you can host a website from your laptop or your phone or your smartwatch or your toaster.
**How is this possible?** When the server you point at gets a request for a webpage, the server turns back and asks *you* for that content and will use what you provide for the original request.
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**What inspired this?** [websocketd](https://github.com/joewalnes/websocketd) which shows the magic of websockets and [beaker browser](https://beakerbrowser.com/) which shows the magic of browser hosting.
**What's the point of this?** You can host a website! You can share a file! Anything you want, directly from your browser!
## Develop
To install from source:
```
$ git clone https://github.com/schollz/hostyoself
$ cd offlinenotepad
$ go generate -v -x
$ go build -v
```
## Inspiration
[ngrok](https://ngrok.com/), [localhost.run](http://localhost.run/), [inlets.dev](https://github.com/alexellis/inlets), Parks and Recreation.
## License
MIT

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package client
import (
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"os"
"path"
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log.Infof("using domain '%s'", domain)
log.Infof("using key '%s'", key)
log.Infof("watching folder '%s'", folder)
publicURL := strings.Replace(webocketURL, "ws", "http", 1)
publicURL = strings.Replace(publicURL, "/ws", "/"+domain+"/", 1)
fmt.Printf("\n\t%s\n\n", publicURL)
c = &client{
WebsocketURL: webocketURL,