Python middle-ware to watch for changes in directory (Using watchdog)

simpleserver.py

"""
Implements the basic http server and also
watch for directory changes,
requires pip install watchdog"""
import sys
import time
import logging

import http.server
import socketserver

from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import LoggingEventHandler

# set logging headers
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO,
                        format='%(asctime)s - %(message)s',
                        datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

# check if path to watch is given in std.io
# if not use the current working directory
path = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else '.'

event_handler = LoggingEventHandler()
observer = Observer()
observer.schedule(event_handler, path, recursive=True)
observer.start()

# set default port to 7000
PORT = int(7000)

# keep server running until CMD+C or any terminate key is pressed
try:
    while True:
        time.sleep(1)
	httpd.serve_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    observer.stop()
    observer.join()

# use default Python HTTP server
Handler = http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
httpd = socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler)

print("Server started at port", PORT)
httpd.serve_forever()