server.py

#!/usr/bin/python
from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler,HTTPServer
from os import curdir, sep, stat

PORT_NUMBER = 8080

#This class will handles any incoming request from
#the browser 
class myHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    
    #Handler for the GET requests
    def do_GET(self):
        if self.path=="/":
            self.path="/file.7z"

        print "path: ", self.path
        try:
            #Check the file extension required and
            #set the right mime type

            sendReply = False
            if self.path.endswith(".7z"):
                print "We got 7z request"
                mimetype='application/octet-stream'
                sendReply=True

            if sendReply == True:
                full_file = curdir + sep + self.path
                print "Going to send data from: ", full_file
                #Open the static file requested and send it
                f = open(full_file)
                self.send_response(200)
                self.send_header('Content-type',mimetype)
                self.send_header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="', 'Doctor.Who.2005.Season.4.DVDrip.x264.Dolby.5.1-MCH.7z"')
                self.send_header('Content-length: ', stat(full_file).st_size)
                self.send_header('Cache-Control:', 'no-cache, must-revalidate')
                self.send_header('Pragma:', 'no-cache')
                self.end_headers()
                self.wfile.write(f.read())
                f.close()
                print "Done sending data. Bye"
            return


        except IOError:
            self.send_error(404,'File Not Found: %s' % self.path)

try:
    #Create a web server and define the handler to manage the
    #incoming request
    server = HTTPServer(('', PORT_NUMBER), myHandler)
    print 'Started httpserver on port ' , PORT_NUMBER
    
    #Wait forever for incoming htto requests
    server.serve_forever()

except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print '^C received, shutting down the web server'
    server.socket.close()