simple web server

webserver.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import sys,os
+import BaseHTTPServer
+from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
+
+def setup_options():
+    ''' Create command line options ''' 
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
+    parser=ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("-p",type=int,dest="port",default=8000,
+                          help="Server port (Default: %(default)s)")
+    parser.add_argument("-a",type=str,dest="address",default="",
+                          help="Server bind address. Use localhost for privacy. Defaults to all interfaces.")
+    parser.add_argument("rootpath",type=str,action="store",default=os.path.abspath('.'),nargs='?',
+                              help="Root path of the server")
+    options=parser.parse_args()
+
+    return options
+
+
+def serve(options):
+    """ Run the web server """
+    HandlerClass = SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
+    ServerClass  = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer
+    Protocol     = "HTTP/1.0"
+
+    server_address = (options.address, options.port)
+    os.chdir(options.rootpath)
+
+    HandlerClass.protocol_version = Protocol
+    httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)
+
+    sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
+    print "Serving http://"+ sa[0]+ ":"+ str(sa[1])+ "/"
+    try:
+        httpd.serve_forever()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
+    httpd.server_close()
+
+options=setup_options()
+serve(options)
+
+
+
+