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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/http.server.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/http/server.py | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-03-11-06-28.gh-issue-91219.s5IFCw.rst | 2 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst index 3290b9b..ae75e6d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst +++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst @@ -413,6 +413,11 @@ the current directory:: print("serving at port", PORT) httpd.serve_forever() + +:class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` can also be subclassed to enhance behavior, +such as using different index file names by overriding the class attribute +:attr:`index_pages`. + .. _http-server-cli: :mod:`http.server` can also be invoked directly using the :option:`-m` diff --git a/Lib/http/server.py b/Lib/http/server.py index 221c8be..971f080 100644 --- a/Lib/http/server.py +++ b/Lib/http/server.py @@ -652,8 +652,8 @@ class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): """ - index_pages = ["index.html", "index.htm"] server_version = "SimpleHTTP/" + __version__ + index_pages = ("index.html", "index.htm") extensions_map = _encodings_map_default = { '.gz': 'application/gzip', '.Z': 'application/octet-stream', @@ -661,11 +661,9 @@ class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): '.xz': 'application/x-xz', } - def __init__(self, *args, directory=None, index_pages=None, **kwargs): + def __init__(self, *args, directory=None, **kwargs): if directory is None: directory = os.getcwd() - if index_pages is not None: - self.index_pages = index_pages self.directory = os.fspath(directory) super().__init__(*args, **kwargs) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-03-11-06-28.gh-issue-91219.s5IFCw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-03-11-06-28.gh-issue-91219.s5IFCw.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cb5e2e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-03-11-06-28.gh-issue-91219.s5IFCw.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Change ``SimpleHTTPRequestHandler`` to support subclassing to provide a +different set of index file names instead of using ``__init__`` parameters. |