A simple HTTP Server used to show the power of OOP and Python

simple_http_server.py

from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
from time import asctime
from socket import gethostbyname, gethostname
import cgi

# http://fragments.turtlemeat.com/pythonwebserver.php
class MyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        the_time = asctime()
        self.wfile.write('Time: '+ the_time)
        self.wfile.write('\n')
        ip = gethostbyname(gethostname())
        self.wfile.write(ip)            
        return    
        
try:
    server = HTTPServer(('localhost',80), MyHandler)
    print 'Started http server on http://localhost'
    server.serve_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print 'Stopping server'
    server.socket.close()