Creating File Servers

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Although a file server is not a web server per se, it is closely connected to web services because it is being implemented using similar Go packages. Additionally, file servers are frequently used to support the functionality of web servers and web services.

Go offers the http.FileServer() handler for doing so, as well as http.ServeFile(). The biggest difference between these two is that http.FileServer() is an http.Handler, whereas http.ServeFile() is not. Additionally, http.ServeFile() is better at serving single files, whereas http.FileServer() is better at serving entire directory trees.

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A simple code example of http.FileServer() is presented in fileServer.go:

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Course Introduction

Introduction to Go

Basic Go Data Types

Composite Data Types

Reflection and Interfaces

Go Packages and Functions

Telling a UNIX System What to Do

Go Concurrency

Building Web Services

Working with TCP/IP and WebSocket

Working with REST APIs

Code Testing and Profiling

Working with gRPC

Go Generics

Conclusion

Appendix A—Go Garbage Collector

Creating File Servers

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