"""
PythonHTTPServer.py - simple Web Server using BaseHTTPServer module in Python
"""
from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer
from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
import string
"""
class ourRequestHandler - deals with requests of the Web Server
"""
class ourRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
"""
do_GET helps with GET requests
"""
def do_GET(self):
# always return 200 = OK
self.ourPrintCustomHTTPResponse(200)
# HTML output
self.wfile.write("")
self.wfile.write("PythonHTTPServer.py - simple Web Server using BaseHTTPServer module in Python - GET method")
self.wfile.write("Welcome to our simple local Python Web Server.
")
self.wfile.write("Method GET string: " + self.path + "
")
# ... browser headers ...
self.ourPrintBrowserHeaders()
# ... and finish up
self.wfile.write("
")
"""
do_POST helps with POST requests
"""
def do_POST(self):
# always return 200 = OK
self.ourPrintCustomHTTPResponse(200)
# HTML output
self.wfile.write("")
self.wfile.write("PythonHTTPServer.py - simple Web Server using BaseHTTPServer module in Python - POST method")
self.wfile.write("")
self.ourPrintBrowserHeaders()
self.wfile.write("Method Post Data:
")
# ... post length logic ...
if self.headers.dict.has_key("content-length"):
# ... string to int ...
our_content_length = string.atoi(self.headers.dict["content-length"])
# ... read from client ...
our_raw_post_data = self.rfile.read(our_content_length)
self.wfile.write(our_raw_post_data)
# ... and finish up
self.wfile.write("
")
"""
ourPrintBrowserHeaders prints HTTP headers
"""
def ourPrintBrowserHeaders(self):
# navigate dictionary header name/value pairs
self.wfile.write("Headers:
")
our_header_keys = self.headers.dict.keys()
for ourkey in our_header_keys:
self.wfile.write("" + ourkey + ": ")
self.wfile.write(self.headers.dict[ourkey] + "
")
"""
ourPrintCustomHTTPResponse takes response and sends code and custom headers back to browser
"""
def ourPrintCustomHTTPResponse(self, ourrespcode):
# send back HTTP code
self.send_response(ourrespcode)
# ... inform ...
self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
# ... describe software ...
self.send_header("Server", "ourRequestHandler :-)")
# ... close headers
self.end_headers()
# start server on port 2112 so a URL goes http://localhost:2112/pathtofile
ourServer = HTTPServer(('', 2112), ourRequestHandler)
# ... loop for 5 requests ...
for ourlp in range(5):
ourServer.handle_request()