a minimal http server in python. Responds to GET, HEAD, POST requests, with content of the file.

dummy-web-server.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Very simple HTTP server in python.
Usage::
    ./dummy-web-server.py [<port>] [<file_to_serve>] [<content_type>]
Send a GET request::
    curl http://localhost -v 
Send a HEAD request::
    curl -I http://localhost -v 
Send a POST request::
    curl -d "foo=bar&bin=baz" http://localhost -v 
"""

from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
import os
import SocketServer

class RequestHandlerClass(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    served_File = None
    content_type = None

    def _set_headers(self):
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header('Content-Type', self.content_type)
	self.send_header('Content-Length', os.path.getsize(self.served_File))
        self.end_headers()

    def do_GET(self):
        self._set_headers()
        self.wfile.write(getContent(self.served_File))

    def do_HEAD(self):
        self._set_headers()
        
    def do_POST(self):
        # Doesn't do anything with posted data
        self._set_headers()
        self.wfile.write(getContent(self.served_File))
        
def getContent(fromFile):
    f = open(fromFile,"r") 
    content=f.read()
    print content
    return content

class Server(HTTPServer):
    def serve_forever(self, served_File,content_Type):
	self.RequestHandlerClass.content_type = content_Type 
        self.RequestHandlerClass.served_File = served_File 

	print served_File
	print content_Type
        HTTPServer.serve_forever(self)


def run(server_class=Server, handler_class=RequestHandlerClass, port=80,served_File="test.xml",content_Type="text/plain"):
    server_address = ('', port)
  
    httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class)
   

    print 'Starting httpd...'
    httpd.serve_forever(served_File,content_Type)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    from sys import argv

    if len(argv) == 2:
        run(port=int(argv[1]))
    elif len(argv) == 3:
	run(port=int(argv[1]),served_File=argv[2])
    elif len(argv) == 4:
	run(port=int(argv[1]),served_File=argv[2],content_Type=argv[3])
    else:
        run()