HTTP Requests reflector on Python

echo.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
Reflects the requests from HTTP methods GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE
Written by Nathan Hamiel (2010)
"""

from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
from optparse import OptionParser

class RequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):

    def do_GET(self):

        request_path = self.path

        print("\n----- GET Request Start ----->\n")
        print(request_path)
        print(self.headers)
        print("<----- GET Request End -----\n")

        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Set-Cookie", "foo=bar")

    def do_POST(self):

        request_path = self.path

        print("\n----- POST Request Start ----->\n")
        print(request_path)

        request_headers = self.headers
        content_length = request_headers.getheaders('content-length')
        length = int(content_length[0]) if content_length else 0

        print(request_headers)
        print(self.rfile.read(length))
        print("<----- POST Request End -----\n")

        self.send_response(200)

    def do_PUT(self):

        request_path = self.path

        print("\n----- PUT Request Start ----->\n")
        print(request_path)

        request_headers = self.headers
        content_length = request_headers.getheaders('content-length')
        length = int(content_length[0]) if content_length else 0

        print(request_headers)
        print(self.rfile.read(length))
        print("<----- PUT Request End -----\n")

        self.send_response(200)
    
    def do_PATCH(self):

        request_path = self.path

        print("\n----- PATCH Request Start ----->\n")
        print(request_path)

        request_headers = self.headers
        content_length = request_headers.getheaders('content-length')
        length = int(content_length[0]) if content_length else 0

        print(request_headers)
        print(self.rfile.read(length))
        print("<----- PATCH Request End -----\n")

        self.send_response(200)

    def do_DELETE(self):

        request_path = self.path

        print("\n----- DELETE Request Start ----->\n")
        print(request_path)

        request_headers = self.headers
        content_length = request_headers.getheaders('content-length')
        length = int(content_length[0]) if content_length else 0

        print(request_headers)
        print(self.rfile.read(length))
        print("<----- DELETE Request End -----\n")

        self.send_response(200)

def main():
    port = 8080
    print('Listening on localhost:%s' % port)
    server = HTTPServer(('', port), RequestHandler)
    server.serve_forever()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = OptionParser()
    parser.usage = ("Creates an http-server that will echo out any GET or POST parameters\n"
                    "Run:\n\n"
                    "   reflect")
    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()

    main()