python_simple_server.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import ssl

if sys.argv[1:]:
    PORT = int(sys.argv[1])
else:
    PORT = 4443


def logMessage(socket):
    sa = socket.getsockname()
    print("Serving on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "...")

def wrapSocket(socket):
    try:
        securesocket = ssl.wrap_socket (socket, certfile='/usr/local/etc/httpd/server.crt', keyfile='/usr/local/etc/httpd/server.key', server_side=True)
    except FileNotFoundError:
        return socket
    else:
        return securesocket

if sys.version_info[0] < 3:

    ######################
    # python 2
    ######################

    import HTTPServer
    import SimpleHTTPServer

    httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('127.0.0.1', PORT), SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
    httpd.socket = wrapSocket(httpd.socket)
    logMessage(httpd.socket)
    httpd.serve_forever()

else:

    ######################
    # python 3
    ######################

    import http.server
    import socketserver

    Handler = http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler

    with socketserver.TCPServer(('127.0.0.1', PORT), Handler) as httpd:
        httpd.socket = wrapSocket(httpd.socket)
        logMessage(httpd.socket)
        httpd.serve_forever()