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[python.git] / Lib / SimpleHTTPServer.py
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1 """Simple HTTP Server.
3 This module builds on BaseHTTPServer by implementing the standard GET
4 and HEAD requests in a fairly straightforward manner.
6 """
9 __version__ = "0.6"
11 __all__ = ["SimpleHTTPRequestHandler"]
13 import os
14 import posixpath
15 import BaseHTTPServer
16 import urllib
17 import cgi
18 import shutil
19 import mimetypes
20 try:
21 from cStringIO import StringIO
22 except ImportError:
23 from StringIO import StringIO
26 class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
28 """Simple HTTP request handler with GET and HEAD commands.
30 This serves files from the current directory and any of its
31 subdirectories. The MIME type for files is determined by
32 calling the .guess_type() method.
34 The GET and HEAD requests are identical except that the HEAD
35 request omits the actual contents of the file.
37 """
39 server_version = "SimpleHTTP/" + __version__
41 def do_GET(self):
42 """Serve a GET request."""
43 f = self.send_head()
44 if f:
45 self.copyfile(f, self.wfile)
46 f.close()
48 def do_HEAD(self):
49 """Serve a HEAD request."""
50 f = self.send_head()
51 if f:
52 f.close()
54 def send_head(self):
55 """Common code for GET and HEAD commands.
57 This sends the response code and MIME headers.
59 Return value is either a file object (which has to be copied
60 to the outputfile by the caller unless the command was HEAD,
61 and must be closed by the caller under all circumstances), or
62 None, in which case the caller has nothing further to do.
64 """
65 path = self.translate_path(self.path)
66 f = None
67 if os.path.isdir(path):
68 if not self.path.endswith('/'):
69 # redirect browser - doing basically what apache does
70 self.send_response(301)
71 self.send_header("Location", self.path + "/")
72 self.end_headers()
73 return None
74 for index in "index.html", "index.htm":
75 index = os.path.join(path, index)
76 if os.path.exists(index):
77 path = index
78 break
79 else:
80 return self.list_directory(path)
81 ctype = self.guess_type(path)
82 try:
83 # Always read in binary mode. Opening files in text mode may cause
84 # newline translations, making the actual size of the content
85 # transmitted *less* than the content-length!
86 f = open(path, 'rb')
87 except IOError:
88 self.send_error(404, "File not found")
89 return None
90 self.send_response(200)
91 self.send_header("Content-type", ctype)
92 fs = os.fstat(f.fileno())
93 self.send_header("Content-Length", str(fs[6]))
94 self.send_header("Last-Modified", self.date_time_string(fs.st_mtime))
95 self.end_headers()
96 return f
98 def list_directory(self, path):
99 """Helper to produce a directory listing (absent index.html).
101 Return value is either a file object, or None (indicating an
102 error). In either case, the headers are sent, making the
103 interface the same as for send_head().
106 try:
107 list = os.listdir(path)
108 except os.error:
109 self.send_error(404, "No permission to list directory")
110 return None
111 list.sort(key=lambda a: a.lower())
112 f = StringIO()
113 displaypath = cgi.escape(urllib.unquote(self.path))
114 f.write('<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">')
115 f.write("<html>\n<title>Directory listing for %s</title>\n" % displaypath)
116 f.write("<body>\n<h2>Directory listing for %s</h2>\n" % displaypath)
117 f.write("<hr>\n<ul>\n")
118 for name in list:
119 fullname = os.path.join(path, name)
120 displayname = linkname = name
121 # Append / for directories or @ for symbolic links
122 if os.path.isdir(fullname):
123 displayname = name + "/"
124 linkname = name + "/"
125 if os.path.islink(fullname):
126 displayname = name + "@"
127 # Note: a link to a directory displays with @ and links with /
128 f.write('<li><a href="%s">%s</a>\n'
129 % (urllib.quote(linkname), cgi.escape(displayname)))
130 f.write("</ul>\n<hr>\n</body>\n</html>\n")
131 length = f.tell()
132 f.seek(0)
133 self.send_response(200)
134 self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
135 self.send_header("Content-Length", str(length))
136 self.end_headers()
137 return f
139 def translate_path(self, path):
140 """Translate a /-separated PATH to the local filename syntax.
142 Components that mean special things to the local file system
143 (e.g. drive or directory names) are ignored. (XXX They should
144 probably be diagnosed.)
147 # abandon query parameters
148 path = path.split('?',1)[0]
149 path = path.split('#',1)[0]
150 path = posixpath.normpath(urllib.unquote(path))
151 words = path.split('/')
152 words = filter(None, words)
153 path = os.getcwd()
154 for word in words:
155 drive, word = os.path.splitdrive(word)
156 head, word = os.path.split(word)
157 if word in (os.curdir, os.pardir): continue
158 path = os.path.join(path, word)
159 return path
161 def copyfile(self, source, outputfile):
162 """Copy all data between two file objects.
164 The SOURCE argument is a file object open for reading
165 (or anything with a read() method) and the DESTINATION
166 argument is a file object open for writing (or
167 anything with a write() method).
169 The only reason for overriding this would be to change
170 the block size or perhaps to replace newlines by CRLF
171 -- note however that this the default server uses this
172 to copy binary data as well.
175 shutil.copyfileobj(source, outputfile)
177 def guess_type(self, path):
178 """Guess the type of a file.
180 Argument is a PATH (a filename).
182 Return value is a string of the form type/subtype,
183 usable for a MIME Content-type header.
185 The default implementation looks the file's extension
186 up in the table self.extensions_map, using application/octet-stream
187 as a default; however it would be permissible (if
188 slow) to look inside the data to make a better guess.
192 base, ext = posixpath.splitext(path)
193 if ext in self.extensions_map:
194 return self.extensions_map[ext]
195 ext = ext.lower()
196 if ext in self.extensions_map:
197 return self.extensions_map[ext]
198 else:
199 return self.extensions_map['']
201 if not mimetypes.inited:
202 mimetypes.init() # try to read system mime.types
203 extensions_map = mimetypes.types_map.copy()
204 extensions_map.update({
205 '': 'application/octet-stream', # Default
206 '.py': 'text/plain',
207 '.c': 'text/plain',
208 '.h': 'text/plain',
212 def test(HandlerClass = SimpleHTTPRequestHandler,
213 ServerClass = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer):
214 BaseHTTPServer.test(HandlerClass, ServerClass)
217 if __name__ == '__main__':
218 test()