Python Simple HTTP Server

Recently I have gotten into using python for as many things as I can. So far the results have been good; I like the significant white space, and most functions are fairly intuitive.

Python also makes nearly a program as short as possible. Starting in version 2.5 there is a very easy way to start a http server for testing and sharing a file with a friend. I've cobbled together a few examples that get progressively more involved. I take no credit for writing these commands/scripts.

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 9914 

OR

python -c "import SimpleHTTPServer;SimpleHTTPServer.test()"

And finally:

#!/usr/bin/python

import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer

import os
import sys

def run(server_class=BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer,
       handler_class=SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
   print 'Server version:',handler_class.server_version

   port=8000

   if len(sys.argv)>1:
       if sys.argv[1].isdigit():
           port=int(sys.argv[1])
   server_address = ('', port)

   httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class)

   myurl='http://localhost:'+str(server_address[1])+'/'
   print 'Your Server is running on:',myurl
   print 'and serving files from:',os.getcwd(),'and below.'
   print 'To stop the server, type ^C.'

   if 'b' in sys.argv:
       print 'Trying to start webbrowser...'
       import webbrowser
       webbrowser.open(myurl)

   httpd.serve_forever()

run()