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a minimal http server in python. Responds to GET, HEAD, POST requests, with content of the file.
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Very simple HTTP server in python.
Usage::
./dummy-web-server.py [<port>] [<file_to_serve>] [<content_type>]
Send a GET request::
curl http://localhost -v
Send a HEAD request::
curl -I http://localhost -v
Send a POST request::
curl -d "foo=bar&bin=baz" http://localhost -v
"""
from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
import os
import SocketServer
class RequestHandlerClass(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
served_File = None
content_type = None
def _set_headers(self):
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header('Content-Type', self.content_type)
self.send_header('Content-Length', os.path.getsize(self.served_File))
self.end_headers()
def do_GET(self):
self._set_headers()
self.wfile.write(getContent(self.served_File))
def do_HEAD(self):
self._set_headers()
def do_POST(self):
# Doesn't do anything with posted data
self._set_headers()
self.wfile.write(getContent(self.served_File))
def getContent(fromFile):
f = open(fromFile,"r")
content=f.read()
print content
return content
class Server(HTTPServer):
def serve_forever(self, served_File,content_Type):
self.RequestHandlerClass.content_type = content_Type
self.RequestHandlerClass.served_File = served_File
print served_File
print content_Type
HTTPServer.serve_forever(self)
def run(server_class=Server, handler_class=RequestHandlerClass, port=80,served_File="test.xml",content_Type="text/plain"):
server_address = ('', port)
httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class)
print 'Starting httpd...'
httpd.serve_forever(served_File,content_Type)
if __name__ == "__main__":
from sys import argv
if len(argv) == 2:
run(port=int(argv[1]))
elif len(argv) == 3:
run(port=int(argv[1]),served_File=argv[2])
elif len(argv) == 4:
run(port=int(argv[1]),served_File=argv[2],content_Type=argv[3])
else:
run()
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