improved simple python local webserver.

webserver

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
Installation
------------

    mkdir -p ~/bin
    wget https://gist.github.com/airtonix/5562266 -o ~/bin/webserver
    chmod +x ~/bin/webserver

Usage
-----

    # answers on port 9000 on any ip address (good for .local)
    webserver 0:9000
    
    # only answers on port 8000 of 192.168.1.10 or hostnames pointing at 192.168.1.10
    webserver 192.168.1.10:8000

"""

import sys
import BaseHTTPServer
from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler


HandlerClass = SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
ServerClass = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer
Protocol = "HTTP/1.0"
args = sys.argv[1:]

host = '127.0.0.1'
port = 8000

if len(args) > 0:
    address = args[0]
    if ":" in address:
        host, port = address.split(":")
        if host is None:
            host = 0

    else:
        port = address


server_address = (host, int(port))
HandlerClass.protocol_version = Protocol
httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)

sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
print("Serving HTTP on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "...")
httpd.serve_forever()