A simple Python HTTP server, with support for pushState, for use with frontend frameworks such as Backbone.js

pushstate-server.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import urlparse
import SimpleHTTPServer
import SocketServer
from mimetypes import guess_type 

# Directory containing the static files
ROOT_DIR = 'debug/'

HOST = ('0.0.0.0', 3000)

class Handler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):

	def do_GET(self):
		urlparts = urlparse.urlparse(self.path)
		urlpath = urlparts.path.strip("/")
		mime_type = 'text/html' 
		response_file_path = '%sindex.html' % ROOT_DIR
		request_file_path = '%s%s' % (ROOT_DIR, urlpath)

		if urlpath and os.path.exists(request_file_path):
			mime_type, encoding = guess_type(self.path)
			response_file_path = request_file_path

		self.send_response(200)
		self.send_header('Content-type', mime_type)
		self.end_headers()
		self.wfile.write(open(response_file_path).read())

httpd = SocketServer.TCPServer(HOST, Handler)
httpd.serve_forever()