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Python SimpleHTTPServer for Static Serving (React / Angular / Ember) in HTML5 mode (a la mod_rewrite)
'''
Taken from:
http://stackoverflow.com/users/1074592/fakerainbrigand
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15401815/python-simplehttpserver
'''
import sys
import os
if sys.version_info < (3,):
import SimpleHTTPServer as server
import SocketServer as socketserver
import urlparse as parse
else:
from http import server
from urllib import parse
import socketserver
PORT = 8000
INDEXFILE = 'index.html'
class MyHandler(server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
# Parse query data to find out what was requested
parsedParams = parse.urlparse(self.path)
# See if the file requested exists
if os.access('.' + os.sep + parsedParams.path, os.R_OK):
# File exists, serve it up
server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.do_GET(self)
else:
# send index.html, but don't redirect
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html')
self.end_headers()
with open(INDEXFILE, 'rb') as fin:
self.copyfile(fin, self.wfile)
if __name__ == "__main__":
args = sys.argv[1:]
if len(args) > 0:
PORT = int(args[0])
Handler = MyHandler
httpd = socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler)
sys.stdout.write("serving at port: %s\n" % PORT)
httpd.serve_forever()
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