Docker Python HTTP Server

serve-static

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# place in ~/bin or a PATH directory
#
# usage:
#
#     $ cd /path/to/site
#     $ serve-static 8443
#
# port number defaults to 8000

if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
    SERVE_PORT="8000"
else
    SERVE_PORT="$1"
fi

docker run -v $(pwd):$(pwd) -w $(pwd) -p 0.0.0.0:$SERVE_PORT:$SERVE_PORT -it --rm --name="python-http-server" python:2.7 python -m SimpleHTTPServer $SERVE_PORT