dummy multithreaded python http server (useful for debugging requests)

dummyhttp.py

from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
from SocketServer import ThreadingMixIn
import sys
import threading


class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):

    def do_GET(self):
        self.send_response(200)
        self.end_headers()
        message = threading.currentThread().getName()
        self.wfile.write(message)
        self.wfile.write('\n')
        return


class ThreadedHTTPServer(ThreadingMixIn, HTTPServer):
    """Handle requests in a separate thread."""


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if sys.argv[1:]:
        port = int(sys.argv[1])
    else:
        port = 8080

    server = ThreadedHTTPServer(('0.0.0.0', port), Handler)
    print 'Starting server, use <Ctrl-C> to stop'
    server.serve_forever()