pyhttpd

#!/usr/bin/env python2
#
# This is reworking of the Python one-liner HTTP server
#
# This reworking is required to allow the server to be bound to
# localhost-only, rather than listening on all interfaces, which
# is a potential security issue.
#
# By default you can launch a simple Python HTTP-server just by
# running:
#
#     $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080
#
# With this wrapper you can run:
#
#     $ pyhttpd 127.0.0.1:3030
#
# or to revert to the all-interfaces behaviour just by specifing the
# port alone:
#
#     $ pyhttpd 3044
#
# Steve
# --
#


import sys
from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
import BaseHTTPServer


def test(HandlerClass=SimpleHTTPRequestHandler,
         ServerClass=BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer):

    protocol = "HTTP/1.0"
    host = ''
    port = 8000
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        arg = sys.argv[1]
        if ':' in arg:
            host, port = arg.split(':')
            port = int(port)
        else:
            try:
                port = int(sys.argv[1])
            except:
                host = sys.argv[1]

    server_address = (host, port)

    HandlerClass.protocol_version = protocol
    httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)

    sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
    print "Serving HTTP on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "..."
    httpd.serve_forever()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    test()