simple-python-server.py

from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler

class RequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
  def do_GET(self):
    self.send_response(200)
    self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html')
    self.end_headers()

    file = open('index.html', 'r')
    index = file.read()
    file.close()

    self.wfile.write(index.encode())


if __name__ == '__main__':
  httpd = HTTPServer(('localhost', 8080), RequestHandler)
  print('Running on http://localhost:8080')
  httpd.serve_forever()