A simple and quick HTTP web server in Python

main.py

### MAIN ###
def shutdownServer(sig, unused):
    """
    Shutsdown server from a SIGINT recieved signal
    """
    server.shutdown()
    sys.exit(1)

signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, shutdownServer)
server = WebServer(8080)
server.start()
print("Press Ctrl+C to shut down server.")

WebServer.py

"""
Author: Jonathan Cardasis
"""

import socket
import signal # Allow socket destruction on Ctrl+C
import sys
import time
import threading

class WebServer(object):
    """
    Class for describing simple HTTP server objects
    """

    def __init__(self, port=8080):
        self.host = socket.gethostname().split('.')[0] # Default to any avialable network interface
        self.port = port
        self.content_dir = 'web' # Directory where webpage files are stored

    def start(self):
        """
        Attempts to create and bind a socket to launch the server
        """
        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

        try:
            print("Starting server on {host}:{port}".format(host=self.host, port=self.port))
            self.socket.bind((self.host, self.port))
            print("Server started on port {port}.".format(port=self.port))

        except Exception as e:
            print("Error: Could not bind to port {port}".format(port=self.port))
            self.shutdown()
            sys.exit(1)

        self._listen() # Start listening for connections

    def shutdown(self):
        """
        Shuts down the server
        """
        try:
            print("Shutting down server")
            s.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)

        except Exception as e:
            pass # Pass if socket is already closed

    def _generate_headers(self, response_code):
        """
        Generate HTTP response headers.
        Parameters:
            - response_code: HTTP response code to add to the header. 200 and 404 supported
        Returns:
            A formatted HTTP header for the given response_code
        """
        header = ''
        if response_code == 200:
            header += 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n'
        elif response_code == 404:
            header += 'HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\n'

        time_now = time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S", time.localtime())
        header += 'Date: {now}\n'.format(now=time_now)
        header += 'Server: Simple-Python-Server\n'
        header += 'Connection: close\n\n' # Signal that connection will be closed after completing the request
        return header

    def _listen(self):
        """
        Listens on self.port for any incoming connections
        """
        self.socket.listen(5)
        while True:
            (client, address) = self.socket.accept()
            client.settimeout(60)
            print("Recieved connection from {addr}".format(addr=address))
            threading.Thread(target=self._handle_client, args=(client, address)).start()

    def _handle_client(self, client, address):
        """
        Main loop for handling connecting clients and serving files from content_dir
        Parameters:
            - client: socket client from accept()
            - address: socket address from accept()
        """
        PACKET_SIZE = 1024
        while True:
            print("CLIENT",client)
            data = client.recv(PACKET_SIZE).decode() # Recieve data packet from client and decode

            if not data: break

            request_method = data.split(' ')[0]
            print("Method: {m}".format(m=request_method))
            print("Request Body: {b}".format(b=data))

            if request_method == "GET" or request_method == "HEAD":
                # Ex) "GET /index.html" split on space
                file_requested = data.split(' ')[1]

                # If get has parameters ('?'), ignore them
                file_requested =  file_requested.split('?')[0]

                if file_requested == "/":
                    file_requested = "/index.html"

                filepath_to_serve = self.content_dir + file_requested
                print("Serving web page [{fp}]".format(fp=filepath_to_serve))

                # Load and Serve files content
                try:
                    f = open(filepath_to_serve, 'rb')
                    if request_method == "GET": # Read only for GET
                        response_data = f.read()
                    f.close()
                    response_header = self._generate_headers(200)

                except Exception as e:
                    print("File not found. Serving 404 page.")
                    response_header = self._generate_headers(404)

                    if request_method == "GET": # Temporary 404 Response Page
                        response_data = b"<html><body><center><h1>Error 404: File not found</h1></center><p>Head back to <a href="/">dry land</a>.</p></body></html>"

                response = response_header.encode()
                if request_method == "GET":
                    response += response_data

                client.send(response)
                client.close()
                break
            else:
                print("Unknown HTTP request method: {method}".format(method=request_method))

Starting server on Mac-mini:8080
Error: Could not bind to port 8080
Shutting down server

Could not bind to port 8080

This is because of the IP that the server binds to. Just change self.host to something like '127.0.0.1'.