Sample: A simple https server with Python for development (Python 3.9+).

simple-https-server.py

"""Simple https server for development."""

import ssl
from http.server import HTTPServer, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler

CERTFILE = './localhost.pem'


def main():
    https_server(certfile=CERTFILE)


def https_server(*, certfile):
    print('`https_server()` starts...')
    context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
    context.load_cert_chain(CERTFILE)

    server_address = ('', 443)
    with HTTPServer(server_address, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler) as httpd:
        httpd.socket = context.wrap_socket(httpd.socket, server_side=True)
        print_server_info(httpd)
        try:
            httpd.serve_forever()
        except Exception as e:
            httpd.server_close()
            raise e


def print_server_info(server):
    print(f"""Server info:
    name: {server.server_name}
    address: {server.server_address}
    """)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

The self-signed cert file localhost.pem needs to be prepared beforehand.

openssl req -new -x509 -keyout localhost.pem -out localhost.pem -days 365 -nodes

Output sample:

$ python simple-https-server.py
`https_server()` starts...
Server info:
    name: Hayatos-MacBook-Pro.local
    address: ('0.0.0.0', 443)

Ref:

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.server.html
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/ssl.html
• https://piware.de/2011/01/creating-an-https-server-in-python/
• https://gist.github.com/dergachev/7028596
• https://blog.anvileight.com/posts/simple-python-http-server/

More examples:

• https://github.com/gh640/python-https-servers