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#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Extend Python's built in HTTP server to save files
curl or wget can be used to send files with options similar to the following
curl -X PUT --upload-file somefile.txt http://localhost:8000
wget -O- --method=PUT --body-file=somefile.txt http://localhost:8000/somefile.txt
__Note__: curl automatically appends the filename onto the end of the URL so
the path can be omitted.
"""
import os
try:
import http.server as server
except ImportError:
# Handle Python 2.x
import SimpleHTTPServer as server
class HTTPRequestHandler(server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
"""Extend SimpleHTTPRequestHandler to handle PUT requests"""
def do_PUT(self):
"""Save a file following a HTTP PUT request"""
filename = os.path.basename(self.path)
file_length = int(self.headers['Content-Length'])
with open(filename, 'wb') as output_file:
output_file.write(self.rfile.read(file_length))
self.send_response(201, 'Created')
self.end_headers()
reply_body = 'Saved "%s"\n' % filename
self.wfile.write(reply_body.encode('utf-8'))
if __name__ == '__main__':
server.test(HandlerClass=HTTPRequestHandler)
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