https://github.com/jdgregson/httpy
Lightweight and simple HTTP server written in Python.
https://github.com/jdgregson/httpy
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Lightweight and simple HTTP server written in Python.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jdgregson/httpy
- Owner: jdgregson
- Created: 2017-03-19T16:17:21.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-12-08T08:37:02.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-06T06:41:24.719Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 16.6 KB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# HTTPy
HTTPy was originally hosted on [Launchpad](https://code.launchpad.net/~corbin/httpy/trunk).
HTTPy is a lightweight web server, written in python. It is rather basic, and
is not capable of parsing any server-side scripts. It simply serves any page
that the client asks for, or returns a 404 error. It is also able to serve
non-HTLM items, such as images, programs, and videos.
HTTPy is able to run in two modes: terminal, and daemon. In terminal mode,
HTTPy will still log all messages to a text log. You have to disable text logs
in the config file to stop this.
HTTPy communicates using HTTP headers, but it currently is only able to send
one of three HTTP2 responses to a request: `200 OK`, `404 Not Found`, or
`403 Forbidden.`
Some effort was put into preventing directory transversal, but as always, it
may still be vulnerable in many ways. You are encouraged to look for
vulnerabilities and bugs. If you find any, don't hesitate to report them on
HTTPy's [bug tracker](https://github.com/jdgregson/HTTPy/issues).
## INSTALLATION/SETUP
For HTTPy to run, the files `const.py`, `daemon.py`
and `__init__.py` must be in the `bin/` directory,
which must be in the same directory as `httpy.py`
1. Edit the `httpy.py` file and change the variable
`CONFIG_FILE` near the top of the file to the
path of HTTPy's configuration file on your
system.
2. Edit the `httpy.conf` config file to fit your
system. Make sure that the `SERVER_PORT`,
`LISTEN_IP_ADDRESS`, `DOCUMENT_ROOT`, and `LOG_LOCATION`
variables are set correctly.
3. Start HTTPy by calling the file `httpy.py` with `start`
as the argument (e.g. `/path/to/httpy.py start`). Use `--no-daemon`
instead of `start` if you would like to see console
messages.