CORS Server that supports Access-Control-Allow-Origin

CORSServer.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import SimpleHTTPServer
import SocketServer
import time
import os
import socket


class TestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):

  def __init__(self, a, b, c):
      SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.__init__(self, a, b, c)

  def send_head(self):
      """Common code for GET and HEAD commands.

      This sends the response code and MIME headers.

      Return value is either a file object (which has to be copied
      to the outputfile by the caller unless the command was HEAD,
      and must be closed by the caller under all circumstances), or
      None, in which case the caller has nothing further to do.

      """
      path = self.translate_path(self.path)
      f = None
      if os.path.isdir(path):
          if not self.path.endswith('/'):
              # redirect browser - doing basically what apache does
              self.send_response(301)
              self.send_header("Location", self.path + "/")
              self.end_headers()
              return None
          for index in "index.html", "index.htm":
              index = os.path.join(path, index)
              if os.path.exists(index):
                  path = index
                  break
          else:
              return self.list_directory(path)
      ctype = self.guess_type(path)
      try:
          # Always read in binary mode. Opening files in text mode may cause
          # newline translations, making the actual size of the content
          # transmitted *less* than the content-length!
          f = open(path, 'rb')
      except IOError:
          self.send_error(404, "File not found")
          return None
      self.send_response(200)
      self.send_header("Content-type", ctype)
      fs = os.fstat(f.fileno())
      self.send_header("Content-Length", str(fs[6]))
      self.send_header("Last-Modified", self.date_time_string(fs.st_mtime))
      self.send_header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
      self.end_headers()
      return f


def main():
    PORT = 8000
    while True:
        try:
            if PORT > 8010:
                break
            httpd = SocketServer.TCPServer(("0.0.0.0", PORT), TestHandler)
            print "Serving HTTP on http://0.0.0.0:%d/ ...:" % PORT
            httpd.serve_forever()
        except socket.error:
            PORT += 1


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()