a stub http server loading data from current dir

httpstub.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
import os

PORT_NUMBER = 8080


class HttpStubDirHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):

    def do_GET(self):
        mimetype = 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'
        if self.path == '/':
            self.path = '/index'
        try:
            path = os.path.join(os.curdir, self.path[1:])
            f = open(path)
            self.send_response(200)
            self.send_header('Content-type', mimetype)
            self.end_headers()
            self.wfile.write(f.read())
            f.close()
        except IOError:
            self.send_error(404, 'File Not Found: %s' % self.path)
            print 'please setup', path, 'file'

    def do_POST(self):
        return self.do_GET()


def run(port):
    try:
        server = HTTPServer(('', port), HttpStubDirHandler)
        print 'Started a stub http service on port', port
        print 'Loading data from', os.curdir, 'dir'
        server.serve_forever()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print '^C received, shutting down the web server'
        server.socket.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        port = int(sys.argv[1])
        run(port)
    else:
        print 'Usage: %s <port>' % sys.argv[0]