Basic python 2.7 REST API

server.py

#!/usr/bin/python
from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer

PORT_NUMBER = 8080
PUBLIC_ENTRY = './public/index.html'

# This class will handles any incoming request
class handleRoutes(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
  # Handler for the GET requests
  def do_GET(self):
    if (self.path == '/'):
      file = open(PUBLIC_ENTRY)
      self.sendResponse(file.read(), 200, 'text/html')
      file.close()
      return
    if (self.path.startswith('/api/v1/')):
      if (self.path.endswith('hello')):
        return self.sendResponse('{"hello": "world"}', 200, 'application/json')
      if (self.path.endswith('world')):
        return self.sendResponse('{"world": "hello"}', 200, 'application/json')
    else:
      return self.sendResponse('Not found.', 404, 'text/plain')

  def sendResponse(self, res, status, type):
    self.send_response(status)
    self.send_header('Content-type', type)
    self.end_headers()
    # Send the html message
    self.wfile.write(res)
    return

try:
  # Create a web server and define the handler to manage the incoming requests
  server = HTTPServer(('', PORT_NUMBER), handleRoutes)
  print 'Started http server on port ' , PORT_NUMBER
  # Wait forever for incoming http requests
  server.serve_forever()

except KeyboardInterrupt:
  print '\nFarewell my friend.'
  server.socket.close()