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A simple web server in two (three) steps
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<p>Hello, world!</p>
</body>
</html>
#
# Source: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/tech-tip-really-simple-http-server-python
#
# Simple server in two steps:
# - create an index.html file.
# - run:
# python server.py [<port>]
# - go to:
# http://localhost:<port|8000>/
import sys
import BaseHTTPServer
from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
HandlerClass = SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
ServerClass = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer
Protocol = "HTTP/1.0"
if sys.argv[1:]:
port = int(sys.argv[1])
else:
port = 8000
server_address = ('127.0.0.1', port)
HandlerClass.protocol_version = Protocol
httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)
sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
print "Serving HTTP on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "..."
httpd.serve_forever()
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