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Web server to accept JSON-formatted HTTP POSTs and pretty-print the payload
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| #!/usr/bin/python2 | |
| # Derived from https://gist.github.com/bradmontgomery/2219997#file-dummy-web-server-py-L26 | |
| # Added the feature to read the post body and print it to console. | |
| # Not useful if the post body isn't json | |
| # Usage:: | |
| # ./print_json_posts.py [<port>] | |
| from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer | |
| import SocketServer | |
| import json | |
| class S(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): | |
| def _set_headers(self): | |
| self.send_response(200) | |
| self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html') | |
| self.end_headers() | |
| def do_GET(self): | |
| self._set_headers() | |
| self.wfile.write("<html><body><h1>hi!</h1></body></html>") | |
| def do_HEAD(self): | |
| self._set_headers() | |
| def do_POST(self): | |
| # Pretty print the posted data | |
| length = self.headers["Content-Length"] | |
| bytes = self.rfile.read(int(length)) | |
| print "POST payload: length",length | |
| # print bytes | |
| print json.dumps(json.loads(bytes), sort_keys=True, | |
| indent=4, separators=(',', ': ')) | |
| self._set_headers() | |
| self.wfile.write("<html><body><h1>POST!</h1></body></html>") | |
| def run(server_class=HTTPServer, handler_class=S, port=80): | |
| server_address = ('', port) | |
| httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class) | |
| print 'Starting httpd...' | |
| httpd.serve_forever() | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| from sys import argv | |
| if len(argv) == 2: | |
| run(port=int(argv[1])) | |
| else: | |
| run() |
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