httm to mmqt bridge

hmb.py

import json
import os
from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler

from pprint import pprint

class web_server(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):

    def do_POST(self):

        content_length = int(self.headers['Content-Length'])
        data = json.loads(self.rfile.read(content_length))

        publish.single(topic, data, server=mmqt_server)

        magic wait for mmqt message

        if mmqt ok:

            self.send_response(200)
            # return a pretty printed version back to whoever sent it.
            # (in case someone wants to debug what we got.
            #   it's not a lot.)

            ppjson = json.dumps(cng, indent=2)
            self.send_header('Content-type', 'application/json')
            self.end_headers()
            self.wfile.write(ppjson.encode('utf-8'))

        else:

            self.send_response(400)


    def do_GET(self):
        # some left over code that may be useful if we need to GET
        # more than a hearbeat

        if self.path == '/':
            self.path = '/index.html'

        try:
            content = open(self.path[1:]).read()
            self.send_response(200)
            if os.path.splitext(self.path)[1]==".json":
                self.send_header('Content-type', 'application/json')

        except FileNotFoundError as e:
            content = "The beating of our hearts is the only sound.\n"
            self.send_response(404)

        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write(bytes(content, 'utf-8'))

httpd = HTTPServer(('localhost', 8087), web_server)
httpd.serve_forever()