http_server_top.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import BaseHTTPServer, os

class TopHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
	self.send_response(200)
	self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/plain')
	self.end_headers()
	# the load may be comma-separated depending on locale, so replace comma with dot
	self.wfile.write(os.popen("uptime | cut -d ' ' -f 12").read().strip().replace(',', '.') + "," + os.popen("sysctl -n hw.ncpu").read())

def main():
    try:
	port = 18373
        server = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('', port), TopHandler)
        print 'Started httpserver on port', port
        server.serve_forever()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print '^C received, shutting down server'
        server.socket.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()