doc: add readme

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Simon Cruanes 2019-12-03 09:49:52 -06:00
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@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ Why not? If you just want a super basic local server (perhaps for exposing
data from a local demon, like Cups or Syncthing do), no need for a ton of data from a local demon, like Cups or Syncthing do), no need for a ton of
dependencies or high scalability libraries. dependencies or high scalability libraries.
Use cases might include:
- serve content directly from a static blog generator
- provide a web UI to some tool (like CUPS and syncthing do)
- implement a basic monitoring page for a service
- provide a simple json API for a service, on top of http
- use `http_of_dir` to serve odoc-generated docs or some assets directory
## Documentation ## Documentation
See https://c-cube.github.io/tiny_httpd See https://c-cube.github.io/tiny_httpd