# I am noob, how do I keep the HTTP server running if I want to start it from the command line?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-am-noob-how-do-i-keep-the-http-server-running-if-i-want-to-start-it-from-the-command-line/95136
**Category:** Web Stack
**Created:** [February 24, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-am-noob-how-do-i-keep-the-http-server-running-if-i-want-to-start-it-from-the-command-line/95136 "2023-02-24T13:40:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-am-noob-how-do-i-keep-the-http-server-running-if-i-want-to-start-it-from-the-command-line/95136/1 "2023-02-24T13:40:44Z")
I have a very simple HTTP server that I want to run
# **server.jl**
> ****
>
> ```julia
> using Pkg
>
> Pkg.add("HTTP")
>
> using HTTP
>
> # if false
> ENV["PORT"] = "8080"
> # end
>
> print(ENV["PORT"])
>
> const PORT = parse(Int, ENV["PORT"])
>
> using HTTP
>
> # HTTP.listen! and HTTP.serve! are the non-blocking versions of HTTP.listen/HTTP.serve
> server = HTTP.serve!(PORT) do request::HTTP.Request
> @show request
> @show request.method
> @show HTTP.header(request, "Content-Type")
> @show request.body
> try
> return HTTP.Response("Hello")
> catch e
> return HTTP.Response(400, "Error: $e")
> end
> end
>
> #close(server)
>
> ```
So I try to trigger it using `julia server.jl` from bash and it seems to close instantly.
I am very new to this web things, what do I need to do to keep this server running so I can test it by sending request to it?
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### Author:  [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-am-noob-how-do-i-keep-the-http-server-running-if-i-want-to-start-it-from-the-command-line/95136/2 "2023-02-24T14:00:27Z")
Either use the blocking call or put in a long `sleep` or something else which keeps your script from exiting.
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### Author:  [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-am-noob-how-do-i-keep-the-http-server-running-if-i-want-to-start-it-from-the-command-line/95136/3 "2023-02-24T14:19:11Z")
you can `julia -i script.jl` so it drops you into interactive session after loading the script
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### Author:  [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-am-noob-how-do-i-keep-the-http-server-running-if-i-want-to-start-it-from-the-command-line/95136/4 "2023-02-24T14:51:58Z")
I want to eventually run this from docker. Yeah so no need to drop into an interactive session
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### Author:  [@AMJ](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AMJ)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-am-noob-how-do-i-keep-the-http-server-running-if-i-want-to-start-it-from-the-command-line/95136/5 "2023-02-24T19:28:04Z")
Put `wait(Condition())` at the end of the script and it will stay open.
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### Author:  [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-am-noob-how-do-i-keep-the-http-server-running-if-i-want-to-start-it-from-the-command-line/95136/6 "2023-02-24T19:46:43Z")
You can just `wait(#= for the =# server)`.
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### Author:  [@quinnj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/quinnj)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-am-noob-how-do-i-keep-the-http-server-running-if-i-want-to-start-it-from-the-command-line/95136/7 "2023-02-24T21:47:01Z")
Yeah, you can call `wait(server)` or just don’t use the `HTTP.serve!` bang version and use the blocking version like `HTTP.serve(...)`