Slightly customized Python 3 HTTP Server

custom_http.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from http.server import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer

class CustomHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        '''
        Print request and call SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.do_GET()
        to serve static files
        '''
        print(">"+"-"*40+"<")
        print(self.requestline)
        print(self.headers)

        return super().do_GET()

    def do_POST(self):
        '''
        Print request and respond with empty HTTP 200
        '''
        print(">"+"-"*40+"<")
        print(self.requestline)
        print(self.headers)
        content_length = self.headers.get('Content-Length')
        length = int(content_length) if content_length else 0
        content_encoding = self.headers.get('Content-Encoding')
        encoding = content_encoding if content_encoding else 'utf-8'
        print(str(self.rfile.read(length),encoding))

        self.send_response(200)
        self.end_headers()

    def do_HEAD(self):
        self.do_GET()
        # behaves like do_GET but ommits actual file contents
        return super().do_HEAD()

    def do_OPTIONS(self):
        self.send_response(200, "ok")
        self.send_header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS')
        self.end_headers()

    do_PUT = do_POST
    do_DELETE = do_GET

    def end_headers(self):
        '''
        Add custom headers
        '''
        # CORS
        self.send_header('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', 'true')
        self.send_header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
        self.send_header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With, Content-type")
        #self.send_header("Content-Disposition",  "attachment;filename=\"filename.jpg\"")
        return super().end_headers()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    bind_address = ('localhost', 8080)
    httpd = HTTPServer(bind_address, CustomHTTPRequestHandler)
    httpd.serve_forever()

This Server prints all requests to stdout, serves static files from its current working directory and adds custom headers.