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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/http.server.rst | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst | 4 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst index 0f7c8b3..dd19fb4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst +++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ of which this module provides three different variants: The :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` class can be used in the following manner in order to create a very basic webserver serving files relative to -the current directory. :: +the current directory:: import http.server import socketserver @@ -365,15 +365,17 @@ the current directory. :: print("serving at port", PORT) httpd.serve_forever() +.. _http-server-cli: + :mod:`http.server` can also be invoked directly using the :option:`-m` switch of the interpreter with a ``port number`` argument. Similar to -the previous example, this serves files relative to the current directory. :: +the previous example, this serves files relative to the current directory:: python -m http.server 8000 -By default, server binds itself to all interfaces. To restrict it to bind to a -particular interface only, ``--bind ADDRESS`` argument can be used. For e.g, to -restrict the server to bind only to localhost. :: +By default, server binds itself to all interfaces. The option ``-b/--bind`` +specifies a specific address to which it should bind. For example, the +following command causes the server to bind to localhost only:: python -m http.server 8000 --bind 127.0.0.1 @@ -422,7 +424,7 @@ restrict the server to bind only to localhost. :: reasons. Problems with the CGI script will be translated to error 403. :class:`CGIHTTPRequestHandler` can be enabled in the command line by passing -the ``--cgi`` option.:: +the ``--cgi`` option:: python -m http.server --cgi 8000 diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index 3a2f61c..528a818 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -801,6 +801,10 @@ This extended error description will be formatted using the :attr:`~http.server.HTTP.error_message_format` attribute and sent as the body of the error response. (Contributed by Karl Cow in :issue:`12921`.) +The :mod:`http.server` :ref:`command line interface <http-server-cli>` now has +a ``-b/--bind`` option that causes the server to listen on a specific address. +(Contributed by Malte Swart in :issue:`17764`.) + importlib --------- |