MyServer.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

"""
Runs a simple HTTP Server locally on port 80
Created to handle mime types not handled in http.server
Usage:
    python -m MyServer
"""

import time
import sys
from http.server import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
from http.server import HTTPServer

MIME_TYPES = {
    '.json': 'application/json'
}

def describe_time(elapsed):
    elapsed = int(elapsed)
    hours = elapsed // 3600
    elapsed = elapsed - hours * 3600
    t = (hours, elapsed // 60, elapsed % 60)
    print('')
    if t[0]:
        print('Server Uptime: {0} Hours {1} Minute(s) {2} seconds'.format(
            t[0], t[1], t[2]))
    elif t[1]:
        print('Server Uptime: {0} Minute(s) {1} seconds'.format(t[1], t[2]))
    else:
        print('Server uptime: {0} seconds'.format(t[2]))

class MyHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):

    def log_request(self, code='-', size='-'):
        """Overrides the one from the super class.
        It simply reorders arguments to log_message. The return code looks better
        when it comes first as it's more aligned(petty stuff)
        """
        self.log_message('%s %s "%s"', str(code), str(size), self.requestline)

def serve():
    MyHandler.extensions_map.update(MIME_TYPES)
    server = HTTPServer(('localhost', 80), MyHandler)
    sockname = server.socket.getsockname()
    print('Serving HTTP on {0} port {1}...'.format(sockname[0], sockname[1]))
    start = time.time()
    try:
        server.serve_forever()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print('\nKeyboard interrupt received, exiting...')
        server.server_close()
        describe_time(time.time() - start)
        time.sleep(1)
        sys.exit(0)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    serve()