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:mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` --- Simple HTTP request handler
=======================================================
.. module:: SimpleHTTPServer
:synopsis: This module provides a basic request handler for HTTP servers.
.. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il>
The :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` module defines a request-handler class,
interface-compatible with :class:`BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler`, that
serves files only from a base directory.
The :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` module defines the following class:
.. class:: 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
:func:`do_GET` and :func:`do_HEAD` functions.
The :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` defines the following member variables:
.. attribute:: SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.server_version
This will be ``"SimpleHTTP/" + __version__``, where ``__version__`` is defined
in the module.
.. attribute:: SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.extensions_map
A dictionary mapping suffixes into MIME types. The default is signified by an
empty string, and is considered to be ``application/octet-stream``. The mapping
is used case-insensitively, and so should contain only lower-cased keys.
The :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` defines the following methods:
.. method:: SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.do_HEAD()
This method serves the ``'HEAD'`` request type: it sends the headers it would
send for the equivalent ``GET`` request. See the :meth:`do_GET` method for a
more complete explanation of the possible headers.
.. method:: SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.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 ``index.html`` or ``index.htm`` (in that order). If found, the file's
contents are returned; otherwise a directory listing is generated by calling the
:meth:`list_directory` method. This method uses :func:`os.listdir` to scan the
directory, and returns a ``404`` error response if the :func:`listdir` fails.
If the request was mapped to a file, it is opened and the contents are returned.
Any :exc:`IOError` exception in opening the requested file is mapped to a
``404``, ``'File not found'`` error. Otherwise, the content type is guessed by
calling the :meth:`guess_type` method, which in turn uses the *extensions_map*
variable.
A ``'Content-type:'`` header with the guessed content type is output, followed
by a ``'Content-Length:'`` header with the file's size and a
``'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 ``text/``
the file is opened in text mode; otherwise binary mode is used.
For example usage, see the implementation of the :func:`test` function.
.. seealso::
Module :mod:`BaseHTTPServer`
Base class implementation for Web server and request handler.
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