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I'm trying to find a tool that will allow non-programmers to test files on a live server.
For example, they could modify an image on their computer, reload a webpage, then see the results of their work immediately.
I've tried finding a tool for this, because it seems obvious enough that someone must've thought of it, but a lot of software I see doesn't quite fit. A tool called Fiddler does this (they call it autoresponding) but it's Windows-only. I could change the hosts file to redirect to a local instance of nginx or something, but that seems difficult to maintain when all I really want is a simple tool that will something like this...
http://someserver.com/css/(.*) -> /home/user/localcss/$1
Does anybody have any recommendations?
Edit: Redirect clarification
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To intercept HTTP requests, use the webRequest API. This API enables you to add listeners for various stages of making an HTTP request. In the listeners, you can: Get access to request headers and bodies and response headers.
HTTP traffic passing through the proxy server can be intercepted. An intercepted request or response means the roundtrip is halted by the server, awaiting manual action. Stalled requests/responses can be inspected and (optionally) edited, before letting them continue to be sent/received.
Fiddler has this feature; just click the AutoResponder tab and map URLs to local files. Thousands of people do this every day.
See also video #5 here: http://www.fiddlerbook.com/fiddler/help/video/default.asp
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I found Charles Proxy very useful for this http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/tools/map-local/
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