HTTP POST with standard python modules

post_handler.py

import http.server
import socketserver
import logging
import urllib.parse as p

PORT = 8000

class ServerHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        logging.error(self.headers)
        http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.do_GET(self)

    def do_POST(self):
        # Extract and print the contents of the POST
        length = int(self.headers['Content-Length'])
        post_data = p.parse_qs(self.rfile.read(length).decode('utf-8'))
        logging.error(post_data)
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
        self.end_headers()


Handler = ServerHandler

httpd = socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler)

print("serving at port", PORT)
httpd.serve_forever()