serve.py

#!/data/users/sgross/python3/bin/python3
import http.server
import socket
import sys
import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Serve the current directory')
parser.add_argument('--port', '-p', type=int, default=8095)

class HTTPServerV6(http.server.HTTPServer):
  address_family = socket.AF_INET6

def main():
  args = parser.parse_args()
  port = args.port
  server = HTTPServerV6(('::', port), http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
  hostname = socket.gethostname()
  result = socket.getaddrinfo(hostname, port, socket.AF_INET6)
  ipv6 = result[0][4][0]
  sys.stderr.write('http://[{}]:{}\n'.format(ipv6, port))
  server.serve_forever()

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()