basic http server for local dev, but not too basic (i.e. supports index.html but also /dir)

http-server

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os.path as ospath
import socket
from http.server import *

class Server(HTTPServer):
	address_family = socket.AF_INET6
	pass

class Handler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
	def do_GET(self):
		path = self.translate_path(self.path)
		if path.endswith('/dir'):
			f = super().list_directory(path[0:-4])
			self.copyfile(f, self.wfile)
			f.close()
		else:
			if not ospath.exists(path):
				self.path = self.path + '.html'
			super().do_GET()
	pass

server_address = ('::1', 8000)
httpd = Server(server_address, Handler)
httpd.serve_forever()