I want to create an App that can share files between other iOS devices and potentially also Desktop computers.
So what I want to do is run a lightweight web server on my device that allows to download files from the device like so:
http://myphone.local:1234/folder/samplefile.txt
How can I provide such a server on a non-jailbroken device. I would prefer not to write a server like this from scratch :-).
Thanks a lot for your help
Take a look at Cocoa HTTP Server
According to the GitHub project:
CocoaHTTPServer is a small, lightweight, embeddable HTTP server for
Mac OS X or iOS applications.
Sometimes developers need an embedded HTTP server in their app.
Perhaps it's a server application with remote monitoring. Or perhaps
it's a desktop application using HTTP for the communication backend.
Or perhaps it's an iOS app providing over-the-air access to documents.
Whatever your reason, CocoaHTTPServer can get the job done.