quick and dirty: Really Simple HTTP Server with Python
If you need a quick web server running and you don't want to mess with setting up apache or something similar, then Python can help. Python comes with a simple builtin HTTP server. With the help of this little HTTP server you can turn any directory in your system into your web server directory. The only thing you need to have installed is Python.
Practically speaking this is very useful to share files inside your local network. Implementing this tiny but hugely useful HTTP server is very simple, its just a single line command.
Assume that I would like to share the directory /home/hisam and my IP address is 192.168.1.2
Open up a terminal and type:
$ cd /home/somedir
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8010
That's it! Now your http server will start in port 8000. You will get the message:
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8010 ...
Practically speaking this is very useful to share files inside your local network. Implementing this tiny but hugely useful HTTP server is very simple, its just a single line command.
Assume that I would like to share the directory /home/hisam and my IP address is 192.168.1.2
Open up a terminal and type:
$ cd /home/somedir
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8010
That's it! Now your http server will start in port 8000. You will get the message:
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8010 ...
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