webserve

#!/usr/bin/env python3

__author__ = 'haxwithaxe (spam@haxwithaxe.net)'
__copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) 2015 haxwithaxe'
__license__ = 'GPLv3'


import http.server
import socketserver


def make_server(address, port):
    """ Make an HTTP server that does basic directory indexing and get/head request handling. 
    
    Note:
        Subclass http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler to modify the behavior and replace http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler with the subclass in the socketserver.TCPServer call.
        The most likely relevant method in http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler is do_GET().

    """
    return socketserver.TCPServer((address, port), http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    import argparse
    import os
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Serve files over HTTP.')
    parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', type=int, default=8000, help='The port for the server to listen on. Defaults to 8000.')
    parser.add_argument('-a', '--address', default='', help='The address to bind to. Defaults to 0.0.0.0.')
    parser.add_argument('-d', '--pwd', default=None, help="The directory to use as the webroot. Defaults to the current directory.")
    args = parser.parse_args()
    if args.pwd:
        os.chdir(args.pwd)
    server = make_server(args.address, args.port)
    server.serve_forever()