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A Minimalist webserver that listens on 8000, handles gets, and renders markdown if the request asks for a file ending in .md. Requires mistune.
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| #!/usr/bin/env python -u | |
| """ | |
| A Minimalist webserver that listens on 8000, handles gets, and renders markdown if the request asks for a file ending in .md. | |
| """ | |
| import os | |
| import SimpleHTTPServer | |
| import mistune | |
| renderer = mistune.Renderer(hard_wrap=True) | |
| markdown = mistune.Markdown(renderer=renderer) | |
| # basic CSS for markdown rendering. Season to taste. | |
| HEAD = """ | |
| <head> | |
| <style type='text/css'> | |
| html,body { | |
| font-family: helvetica neue, arial, sans-serif; | |
| max-width: 960px; | |
| } | |
| pre { | |
| background-color: #EEE; | |
| border: 1px dashed #DDD; | |
| padding: 10px; | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| </head> | |
| """ | |
| class MyHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler): | |
| """ | |
| Subclass SimpleHTTPRequestHandler to handle markdown files | |
| """ | |
| def do_GET(self): | |
| self.send_response(200) | |
| self.send_header("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate") | |
| self.send_header("Pragma", "no-cache") | |
| self.send_header("Expires", "0") | |
| # if the request ends in '.md', assume it is a markdown file and render it as HTML | |
| if os.path.splitext(self.path)[1] == '.md': | |
| self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html') | |
| self.end_headers() | |
| with open('.' + self.path) as md: | |
| self.wfile.write("<html>") | |
| self.wfile.write(HEAD) | |
| self.wfile.write(markdown(md.read())) | |
| self.wfile.write("</body></html>") | |
| self.wfile.close() | |
| # everything else gets passed through | |
| else: | |
| SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.do_GET(self) | |
| if __name__ == '__main__': | |
| SimpleHTTPServer.test(HandlerClass=MyHTTPRequestHandler) | |
| # :vim: set filetype=python |
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