dummy_server_py3.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Reflects the requests from HTTP methods GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE
# Written by Nathan Hamiel (2010)
# Adapted to Python 3 by Ilya "I159" Pekenly (2019)

import json
import pprint
from http import server
from optparse import OptionParser


class RequestHandler(server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):

        print("\n----- Request Start ----->\n")
        print(self.path)
        print(self.headers)
        print("<----- Request End -----\n")

        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Set-Cookie", "foo=bar")

    def do_POST(self):

        print("\n----- Request Start ----->\n")
        print(self.path)

        content_length = self.headers.get("content-length")
        length = int(content_length) if content_length else 0

        print(self.headers)
        pprint.pprint(json.loads(self.rfile.read(length)))
        print("<----- Request End -----\n")

        self.send_response(200)

    do_PUT = do_POST
    do_DELETE = do_GET


def main():
    port = 3000
    print("Listening on localhost:%s" % port)
    local_server = server.HTTPServer(("", port), RequestHandler)
    local_server.serve_forever()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = OptionParser()
    parser.usage = (
        "Creates an http-server that will echo out any GET or POST parameters\n"
        "Run:\n\n"
        "   reflect"
    )
    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()

    main()