Simple Python 3 HTTP server for logging all GET and POST requests

server.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Forked from: https://gist.github.com/mdonkers/63e115cc0c79b4f6b8b3a6b797e485c7
"""
import logging
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer

# Server address is a tuple of 'host' and 'port'
SERVER_ADDRESS = ("127.0.0.1", 8000)


class MyHTTPHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def _set_headers(self):
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')
        self.end_headers()

    def do_GET(self):
        logging.info("GET request,\nPath: %s\nHeaders:\n%s\n", str(self.path), str(self.headers))
        self._set_headers()
        self.wfile.write("GET request for {}".format(self.path).encode('utf-8'))

    def do_POST(self):
        content_length = int(self.headers['Content-Length'])  # <--- Gets the size of data
        post_data = self.rfile.read(content_length)  # <--- Gets the data itself
        logging.info("\nPOST request,\nPath: %s\nHeaders:\n%s\nBody:\n%s\n",
                     str(self.path), str(self.headers), post_data.decode('utf-8'))

        self._set_headers()
        self.wfile.write("POST request for {}".format(self.path).encode('utf-8'))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
    logging.info('Starting httpd at {}:{}...\n'.format(*SERVER_ADDRESS))
    with HTTPServer(SERVER_ADDRESS, MyHTTPHandler) as httpd:
        try:
            httpd.serve_forever()
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            logging.info('Stopping httpd...\n')