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author Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>
date Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:53:57 +0000
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5 .. module:: SimpleHTTPServer 5 .. module:: SimpleHTTPServer
6 :synopsis: This module provides a basic request handler for HTTP servers. 6 :synopsis: This module provides a basic request handler for HTTP servers.
7 .. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il> 7 .. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il>
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10 The :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` module defines a request-handler class, 10 The :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` module defines a single class,
11 interface-compatible with :class:`BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler`, that 11 :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler`, which is interface-compatible with
12 serves files only from a base directory. 12 :class:`BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler`.
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14 The :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` module defines the following class: 14 The :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` module defines the following class:
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17 .. class:: SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(request, client_address, server) 17 .. class:: SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(request, client_address, server)
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19 This class is used to serve files from the current directory and below, directly 19 This class serves files from the current directory and below, directly
20 mapping the directory structure to HTTP requests. 20 mapping the directory structure to HTTP requests.
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22 A lot of the work, such as parsing the request, is done by the base class 22 A lot of the work, such as parsing the request, is done by the base class
23 :class:`BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler`. This class implements the 23 :class:`BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler`. This class implements the
24 :func:`do_GET` and :func:`do_HEAD` functions. 24 :func:`do_GET` and :func:`do_HEAD` functions.
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26 The :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` defines the following member variables: 26 The following are defined as class-level attributes of
27 :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler`:
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29 .. attribute:: server_version 30 .. attribute:: server_version
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31 This will be ``"SimpleHTTP/" + __version__``, where ``__version__`` is 32 This will be ``"SimpleHTTP/" + __version__``, where ``__version__`` is
32 defined in the module. 33 defined at the module level.
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35 .. attribute:: extensions_map 36 .. attribute:: extensions_map
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37 A dictionary mapping suffixes into MIME types. The default is signified by 38 A dictionary mapping suffixes into MIME types. The default is
38 an empty string, and is considered to be ``application/octet-stream``. The 39 signified by an empty string, and is considered to be
39 mapping is used case-insensitively, and so should contain only lower-cased 40 ``application/octet-stream``. The mapping is used case-insensitively,
40 keys. 41 and so should contain only lower-cased keys.
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42 The :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` defines the following methods: 43 The :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` class defines the following methods:
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45 .. method:: do_HEAD() 46 .. method:: do_HEAD()
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47 This method serves the ``'HEAD'`` request type: it sends the headers it 48 This method serves the ``'HEAD'`` request type: it sends the headers it