Static files server using Bottle web framework

local_file_server.py

'''Static files server using Bottle web framework'''
# You can use the command `python -m SimpleHTTPServer`, but when you want to
# do more, use this snippet
from bottle import route, run, static_file

@route('/')
@route('/<path:path>')
def serve(path='index.html'):
    response = static_file(path, root=OUTPUT_ROOT)

    # if the user wants a directory, I search for index pages
    if path.endswith('/') and response.status_code == 404:
        for file in ['index.html', 'index.htm']:
            response = static_file(path + file, root=OUTPUT_ROOT)
            if response.status_code != 404:
                return response
    return response
    
run(host='localhost', port=8080, debug=True)