Simple HTTP Server

server.py

from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer

class S(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def _set_headers(self):
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/json')
        self.end_headers()

    def do_GET(self):
        self._set_headers()
        self.wfile.write('{"type":"GET"}')

    def do_POST(self):
        content_length = int(self.headers['Content-Length']) 
        post_data = self.rfile.read(content_length)
        print post_data;
        self._set_headers()
        self.wfile.write('{"type":"POST"}')
        
def run(server_class=HTTPServer, handler_class=S, port=8080):
    server_address = ('', port)
    httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class)
    print 'Starting httpd...' + str(port)
    httpd.serve_forever()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    from sys import argv

    if len(argv) == 2:
        run(port=int(argv[1]))
    else:
        run()