package webserver import ( "net/http" "github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler" "github.com/bdlm/log" ) // New creates a new webserver and starts it func New(bindAddr, webroot string) *http.Server { return &http.Server{ Addr: bindAddr, Handler: gziphandler.GzipHandler(http.FileServer(http.Dir(webroot))), } } func Start(srv *http.Server) { // service connections if err := srv.ListenAndServe(); err != http.ErrServerClosed { log.Panicf("webserver crashed: %s", err) } }