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started 'http-server' using command prompt its running but not working

I don't know if this is good place to ask this question but i just started studying reactjs and stuck in the beginning, here is the question.

I have installed node and Installed http-server from the npm command on the command prompt npm install -g http-server and went to the directory where is my static files and run command http-server and then to the browser hit localhost:8081.

Nothing happens/shows on browser but on command prompt it shows that its running and working properly, everytime i refresh browser then it shows on command prompt working. So why nothing happens on browser ?

here is the code: 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1 maximum-scale=1">
  <title>Demo</title>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/babel-standalone@6.15.0/babel.min.js"></script>
</head>
  <body>
     <div id="example">
  
     </div>
  
  <script type="text/babel">
ReactDOM.render(
          <h1>Something</h1>, document.getElementById('example'));
  
	
  
  </script>

  </body>
</html>

Solution

  • It looks like there is an ongoing issue with http-server. However, we can fix this using this tweak.

    Try accessing your file in localhost with the filename after running http-server command.

    For example, if your file name is somefile.html, try accessing this file like http://localhost:8081/somefile.html