hyper.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import SimpleHTTPServer
import BaseHTTPServer

from optparse import OptionParser, make_option as opt

# these are the defaults for server settings
DEFAULT_PORT = 8000
DEFAULT_ADDRESS = 'localhost'
DEFAULT_DIRECTORY = os.getcwd() # current directory 

# define the options this script takes
option_list = [
	opt('-d', '--directory', help='serve this directory [default: working directory]', type='string', default=DEFAULT_DIRECTORY),
]
parser = OptionParser(option_list=option_list, add_help_option=True, usage='Usage: hype.py [address[:port]] [options]')
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

# parse out those options into these variables
directory = options.directory
address = DEFAULT_ADDRESS
port = DEFAULT_PORT
if len(args) > 0:
	bits = args[0].split(':')
	address = bits[0]
	port = int(bits[1]) if len(bits) > 1 else DEFAULT_PORT
	

# replace ~ with absolute path of the user directory
if directory[0] is '~':
	directory = os.environ['HOME'] + directory[1:]

# check for valid port


# make sure we can get to the user directory
try:
	os.chdir(directory)
except OSError:
	parser.error("Unable to use directory `%s'" % directory)

# we'll use the basic requesthandler that comes with python
handler = SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
server_address = (address, port)
server = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(server_address, handler)

print "Hyper is serving %s at http://%s:%d/\nQuit the server with CONTROL-C." % (directory, address, port)

try:
	server.serve_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
	print '\n'