Python HTTP file server for writing tests that retrieve files

HTTPFileServer.py

from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
import BaseHTTPServer
import httplib
import threading
from os.path import join, abspath

class RequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_QUIT (self):
        self.send_response(200)
        self.end_headers()
        self.server.stop = True
    
    def translate_path(self, path):
        return NotImplementedError()


class StoppableServer(BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer):
    def serve_forever (self):
        self.stop = False
        while not self.stop:
            self.handle_request()

def _make_handler(root):
    class MyRequestHandler(RequestHandler):
        def translate_path(self, path):
            startdir = abspath(root)
            path = [d for d in path.split('/') if d != '..']
            return join(startdir, *path)

    return MyRequestHandler

class Server():
    def __init__(self, port, root):
        self.port = port
        self.handler_class = _make_handler(root)
    
    def start(self):
        self.httpd = StoppableServer(('', self.port), self.handler_class)
        t = threading.Thread(target=self.httpd.serve_forever)
        t.setDaemon(True)
        t.start()
        print 'Started SimpleHTTPServer on port', self.port

    def stop(self):
        conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('localhost:%d' % self.port)
        conn.request('QUIT', '/')
        conn.getresponse()    

usage

import HTTPFileServer

server = HTTPFileServer.Server(8080, '/myproject/test/files')