# Sharing local sites

Expose allows you to share any kind of HTTP/HTTPS traffic for websites that you can reach on your own computer, with anyone on the internet and there are multiple ways to share a site with Expose. 

## Sharing the current working directory

To share the current working directory with Expose, all you need to do is go into the directory and call `expose`.

This makes the assumption that you have access to the current working directory name as a domain with a `.test` domain. This is usually the case if you are using [Laravel Herd](https://herd.laravel.com) or [Laravel Valet](https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/valet) as development environment but works identical for other environments with the same convention.

## Examples

```bash
# Share the local site "my-site.test" as "my-site.EXPOSE-SERVER"
~/Sites/my-site/ expose

# Share the local site "api.my-site.test" as "api-my-site.EXPOSE-SERVER"
~/Sites/api.my-site/ expose
```

If you are using the Expose network on the free plan, you get a random subdomain on every connect but you can upgrade to [Expose Pro or Expose for Teams](https://expose.dev/#pricing) and use custom subdomains as if you'd host your own server.

## Sharing a local site explicitly

If your local sites are not available at `foldername.test` you can explicitly share a local URL, without going into a specific folder first. You can do this by using the `expose share` command and specify the domain directly.

This is required when sharing sites that have HTTPS locally or Expose can't map local directory names to URLs automatically.

```bash
# Share access to http://192.168.2.100
expose share http://192.168.2.100

# Share access to http://127.0.0.1:3000
expose share http://127.0.0.1:3000

# Share access to http://my-local-site.dev
expose share my-local-site.dev

# Share access to https://my-local-site.dev
expose share https://my-local-site.dev
```

## Share a local site with specific subdomain ::pro

You can also share one of your local sites explicitly and specify the exact subdomain that you want to use when sharing the site. This is very useful if you are testing webhooks and want to use the same webhook configuration and don't update the webhook endpoints on every Expose connect. Custom subdomains require an own Expose server in your infrastructure or Expose Pro.

To specify the subdomain, pass the `--subdomain` option to expose:

```bash
expose share my-site.test --subdomain=my-site
```

If someone already uses the chosen subdomain on the Expose server, you will see an error message and the Expose server closes the connection.

## Share a site using a dedicated Expose server ::pro

Aside from setting a specific subdomain during the connection, you can also set the Expose network note of the global network with the `--server` flag.

```bash
expose share my-site.test --subdomain=super-site --server=us-2
```