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theneubeck/hangserver.py

Created September 23, 2013 07:42
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A server that hangs on GET requests
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hangserver.py
import time
import BaseHTTPServer
HOST_NAME = 'localhost'
PORT_NUMBER = 9000
class MyHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_HEAD(s):
s.send_response(200)
s.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
s.end_headers()
def do_GET(s):
"""Respond to a GET request."""
s.send_response(200)
s.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
while True:
pass
# s.end_headers()
# s.wfile.write("<html><head><title>Title goes here.</title></head>")
# s.wfile.write("<body><p>This is a test.</p>")
# # If someone went to "http://something.somewhere.net/foo/bar/",
# # then s.path equals "/foo/bar/".
# s.wfile.write("<p>You accessed path: %s</p>" % s.path)
# s.wfile.write("</body></html>")
if __name__ == '__main__':
server_class = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer
httpd = server_class((HOST_NAME, PORT_NUMBER), MyHandler)
print time.asctime(), "Server Starts - %s:%s" % (HOST_NAME, PORT_NUMBER)
try:
httpd.serve_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass
httpd.server_close()
print time.asctime(), "Server Stops - %s:%s" % (HOST_NAME, PORT_NUMBER)
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