#!/usr/bin/env python2 """ Very simple HTTP server in python. Downloaded from: https://gist.github.com/bradmontgomery/2219997 Usage:: ./dummy-web-server.py [] Send a GET request:: curl http://localhost Send a HEAD request:: curl -I http://localhost Send a POST request:: curl -d "foo=bar&bin=baz" http://localhost """ from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer import SocketServer class S(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): def _set_headers(self): self.send_response(200) self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html') self.end_headers() def do_GET(self): self._set_headers() self.wfile.write("

hi!

") def do_HEAD(self): self._set_headers() def do_POST(self): # Doesn't do anything with posted data self._set_headers() self.wfile.write("

POST!

") def run(server_class=HTTPServer, handler_class=S, port=80): server_address = ('', port) httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class) print 'Starting httpd...' httpd.serve_forever() if __name__ == "__main__": from sys import argv if len(argv) == 2: run(port=int(argv[1])) else: run()