A script for serving static files from the current directory. Very handy.

simple-server.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import SimpleHTTPServer
import SocketServer
from argparse import ArgumentParser
import socket

parser = ArgumentParser(
    description='Serve static files in the current directory.')

parser.add_argument('--port', default=8000, dest='port',
                    type=int, help='The port number to be used')

args = parser.parse_args()


Handler = SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler

try:
    httpd = SocketServer.TCPServer(("", args.port), Handler)
    print 'Serving at http://localhost:%d' % args.port
    httpd.serve_forever()
except socket.error:
    print 'Port %d is already in use.' % args.port, \
          'You may try a different port by using the --port flag.'