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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-08-15 14:27:07 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsimplehttp.tex b/Doc/lib/libsimplehttp.tex deleted file mode 100644 index efb40ec..0000000 --- a/Doc/lib/libsimplehttp.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,86 +0,0 @@ -\section{\module{SimpleHTTPServer} --- - Simple HTTP request handler} - -\declaremodule{standard}{SimpleHTTPServer} -\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il} -\modulesynopsis{This module provides a basic request handler for HTTP - servers.} - - -The \module{SimpleHTTPServer} module defines a request-handler class, -interface-compatible with \class{BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler}, -that serves files only from a base directory. - -The \module{SimpleHTTPServer} module defines the following class: - -\begin{classdesc}{SimpleHTTPRequestHandler}{request, client_address, server} -This class is used to serve files from the current directory and below, -directly mapping the directory structure to HTTP requests. - -A lot of the work, such as parsing the request, is done by the base -class \class{BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler}. This class -implements the \function{do_GET()} and \function{do_HEAD()} functions. -\end{classdesc} - -The \class{SimpleHTTPRequestHandler} defines the following member -variables: - -\begin{memberdesc}{server_version} -This will be \code{"SimpleHTTP/" + __version__}, where \code{__version__} -is defined in the module. -\end{memberdesc} - -\begin{memberdesc}{extensions_map} -A dictionary mapping suffixes into MIME types. The default is signified -by an empty string, and is considered to be \code{application/octet-stream}. -The mapping is used case-insensitively, and so should contain only -lower-cased keys. -\end{memberdesc} - -The \class{SimpleHTTPRequestHandler} defines the following methods: - -\begin{methoddesc}{do_HEAD}{} -This method serves the \code{'HEAD'} request type: it sends the -headers it would send for the equivalent \code{GET} request. See the -\method{do_GET()} method for a more complete explanation of the possible -headers. -\end{methoddesc} - -\begin{methoddesc}{do_GET}{} -The request is mapped to a local file by interpreting the request as -a path relative to the current working directory. - -If the request was mapped to a directory, the directory is checked for -a file named \code{index.html} or \code{index.htm} (in that order). -If found, the file's contents are returned; otherwise a directory -listing is generated by calling the \method{list_directory()} method. -This method uses \function{os.listdir()} to scan the directory, and -returns a \code{404} error response if the \function{listdir()} fails. - -If the request was mapped to a file, it is opened and the contents are -returned. Any \exception{IOError} exception in opening the requested -file is mapped to a \code{404}, \code{'File not found'} -error. Otherwise, the content type is guessed by calling the -\method{guess_type()} method, which in turn uses the -\var{extensions_map} variable. - -A \code{'Content-type:'} header with the guessed content type is -output, followed by a \code{'Content-Length:'} header with the file's -size and a \code{'Last-Modified:'} header with the file's modification -time. - -Then follows a blank line signifying the end of the headers, -and then the contents of the file are output. If the file's MIME type -starts with \code{text/} the file is opened in text mode; otherwise -binary mode is used. - -For example usage, see the implementation of the \function{test()} -function. -\versionadded[The \code{'Last-Modified'} header]{2.5} -\end{methoddesc} - - -\begin{seealso} - \seemodule{BaseHTTPServer}{Base class implementation for Web server - and request handler.} -\end{seealso} |