Python Http.server Module
The http.server module defines classes for implementing HTTP servers (Web servers).
Importing the Module
import http.serverBasic Usage (Command Line)
You can use the module to run a simple web server from the command line. This is useful for sharing files or testing.
python -m http.server 8000This serves files from the current directory on port 8000.
Creating a Simple Server
You can create a server programmatically using HTTPServer and SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.
import http.server
import socketserver
PORT = 8000
Handler = http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
with socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler) as httpd:
print("serving at port", PORT)
httpd.serve_forever()Custom Request Handler
To handle requests dynamically, you can subclass BaseHTTPRequestHandler.
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
class MyServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
self.end_headers()
self.wfile.write(bytes("<html><body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>", "utf-8"))
if __name__ == "__main__":
webServer = HTTPServer(("localhost", 8080), MyServer)
try:
webServer.serve_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass
webServer.server_close()