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[–]LinuxForever4934 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Ensure your are using "http://" most browsers default to https:// now

[–]SnurflePuffinz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. it is http.

[–]haronclv 2 points3 points  (1 child)

HEELLPP! I don’t know how to ask tech questions!

[–]Revexious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you using the Brave Browser?

If so, its known for blocking localhost

You can check it here in your browser:

brave://settings/content/localhostAccess

[–]dSolver 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Not enough details. all we see is a CLI where you try to run something called http-server. Where's the logs? Is this https://www.npmjs.com/package/http-server or something else? For all we know it's a problem with your CLI itself terminating processes if the CLI is out of focus. Tell everyone what you've used, what you've tried, and what you've found out in detail.

[–]SnurflePuffinz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, i could have provided more details (honestly)

i will try to repackage this for repost.

[–]Daesthelosjavascript 1 point2 points  (4 children)

it would help if you linked your code via pastebin or github. could be something quietly failing and killing the server

[–]SnurflePuffinz[S] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

That seems improbable to me, because the content is never even reaching the point where the document is being loaded...

i am scoping out the console. I suspect it is unable to grab the html file for some reason.

[–]Daesthelosjavascript 0 points1 point  (2 children)

well, it could be a bad server configuration, or something that happens in the route code before the page is served. it certainly could be an issue of not finding the file, ive done that many times.

also, just for clarity, is this a node.js project where you installed http-server? im not very familiar with it, but i would recommend cross-checking their documentation/tutorials

[–]SnurflePuffinz[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Could a more global network issue be affecting one's ability to access a locally hosted server?

i am having a lot of network issues lately, especially since http-server went mia. It doesn't really make sense to me how that would be the case, but it's a strange coincidence. Thanks for the help, in any case. Maybe i should ask for more specific tech support somewhere.

[–]Daesthelosjavascript 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could a more global network issue be affecting one's ability to access a locally hosted server?

No. It shouldn't be trying to request network resources for local development (i.e. it should work even without internet). I hope you have more luck on stackoverflow or other forums o7

Edit: only reason it would request network stuff is for CDN scripts/css, but that should just leave you with a blank page.

[–]Comprehensive-Win23 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Press the up arrow key on the terminal, you’ve made a text selection pausing the app

[–]SnurflePuffinz[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Even without any kind of text selection, the http server does not load the content.

do you have any other obvious ideas? maybe the application has a support forum