For example usage, see the implementation of the :func:`test` function
invocation in the :mod:`http.server` module.
-The :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` class can be invoked the following manner
-with the :mod:`http.server` to create a very basic webserver serving files
-relative to the current directory.::
- import http.server
- import socketserver
+The :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` class can be used in the following
+manner in order to create a very basic webserver serving files relative to
+the current directory. ::
- PORT = 8000
+ import http.server
+ import socketserver
- Handler = http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
+ PORT = 8000
- httpd = socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler)
+ Handler = http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
- print("serving at port", PORT)
- httpd.serve_forever()
+ httpd = socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler)
-:mod:`http.server` can also be invoked directly using the ``-m`` switch of
-interpreter a with ``port number`` argument which uses
-:class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` as the default request Handler. Similar to
-the previous example, even this serves files relative to the current
-directory.::
+ print("serving at port", PORT)
+ httpd.serve_forever()
+
+:mod:`http.server` can also be invoked directly using the :cmdoption:`-m`
+switch of the interpreter a with ``port number`` argument. Similar to
+the previous example, this serves files relative to the current directory. ::
python -m http.server 8000
+
.. class:: CGIHTTPRequestHandler(request, client_address, server)
This class is used to serve either files or output of CGI scripts from the