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HTTP server implementation in python
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| import socket | |
| my_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) | |
| # use the host and port where your web server is running | |
| my_socket.connect(('127.0.0.1', 8080)) | |
| cmd = 'GET http://127.0.0.1/robot.txt HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n'.encode() | |
| my_socket.send(cmd) | |
| while True: | |
| data = my_socket.recv(512) | |
| if len(data) < 1: | |
| break | |
| print(data.decode(), end='') | |
| my_socket.close() |
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| import socket | |
| PORT = 8080 | |
| HOST = "127.0.0.1" | |
| # Create a socket with TCP protocol and IPV4 address | |
| http_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) | |
| http_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1) | |
| # Bind host and port | |
| http_socket.bind((HOST, PORT)) | |
| # Listen for connections | |
| http_socket.listen(1) | |
| print(f'Listening on port: {PORT}') | |
| while True: | |
| client_socket, client_addr = http_socket.accept() | |
| print(f'establishing connection {client_addr}') | |
| # data is exchanged | |
| incoming_data = client_socket.recv(1024) | |
| print(f'Incoming data: {incoming_data.decode()}') | |
| if not incoming_data: | |
| break | |
| # get method and path from http request | |
| request_line = incoming_data.decode().splitlines()[0] | |
| method, path,_ = request_line.split() | |
| if path != '/': | |
| body = f"<html><body><h2>Responding from HTTP server, you are trying to access {path} </h2></body></html>" | |
| else: | |
| body = f"<html><body><h2>Responding from HTTP server</h2></body></html>" | |
| # Send basic http response | |
| http_response = ( | |
| "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n" | |
| "Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\n" | |
| "\r\n" | |
| f"{body}\r\n\r\n" | |
| ) | |
| client_socket.sendall(http_response.encode()) | |
| # close connection | |
| client_socket.close() | |
| http_socket.close() |
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