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HTTPS python server
'''
SimpleSecureHTTPServer.py - simple HTTP server supporting SSL.
- replace fpem with the location of your .pem server file.
- the default port is 443.
usage: python SimpleSecureHTTPServer.py [server.pem] [port]
prereq: make a cert!
openssl req -new -x509 -keyout server.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes
Source:
http://code.activestate.com/recipes/442473-simple-http-server-supporting-ssl-secure-communica/
'''
import socket, sys, os
import logging
import cgi
from SocketServer import BaseServer
from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer
from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
from OpenSSL import SSL
class SecureHTTPServer(HTTPServer):
def __init__(self, server_address, HandlerClass, fpem):
BaseServer.__init__(self, server_address, HandlerClass)
ctx = SSL.Context(SSL.SSLv23_METHOD)
#server.pem's location (containing the server private key and
#the server certificate).
ctx.use_privatekey_file (fpem)
ctx.use_certificate_file(fpem)
self.socket = SSL.Connection(ctx, socket.socket(self.address_family,
self.socket_type))
self.server_bind()
self.server_activate()
# python 2.6 vs python 2.7 bug.
def shutdown_request(self,request):
request.shutdown()
class SecureHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
def setup(self):
self.connection = self.request
self.rfile = socket._fileobject(self.request, "rb", self.rbufsize)
self.wfile = socket._fileobject(self.request, "wb", self.wbufsize)
def do_POST(self):
self.do_GET()
form = cgi.FieldStorage(
fp=self.rfile,
headers=self.headers,
environ={'REQUEST_METHOD':'POST',
'CONTENT_TYPE':self.headers['Content-Type'],
})
for item in form.list:
logging.info(item)
def test(HandlerClass = SecureHTTPRequestHandler,
ServerClass = SecureHTTPServer, fpem="server.pem", port=443):
server_address = ('', port) # (address, port)
httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass, fpem)
sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
print "Serving HTTPS on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "..."
httpd.serve_forever()
if __name__ == '__main__':
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
if len(sys.argv) > 2:
test(fpem=sys.argv[1], port=int(sys.argv[2]))
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
test(fpem=sys.argv[1])
test()
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