a tiny, multithreaded http server in pure python2 without external dependencies.

it's basically a replacement for python -m SimpleHTTPServer allowing one to quickly serve contents of the current directory for file transfers across machines, however unlike SimpleHTTPServer allows to continue file downloads where you left off using HTTP/1.1 Ranges.

just drop the pyhttp.py somewhere in your $PATH, cd to the directory you want to serve and run pyhttpd.py and launch your browser on the other end.

also unlike SimpleHTTPServer/BaseHTTPServer which were written in a horrible OOP-style requiring mind-bending class inheritance by some java fanboi, pyhttpd uses a simple and tiny procedural codebase, which can be easily extended/modified and serve as an application server and as a replacement for flask (which requires lots of dependencies) and other similar projects.

there's an optional script called pyexpander.py included in the directory which is not required for basic functionality, but when made available to pyhttpd, turns .html files into server pages with full python and macro scripting facilities. see pyexpander.rst for docs and to learn what you can do with it. pyexpander has been modified by me to use ~ instead of $ for its expansion facilities in order to work smoothly with embedded javascript, and "amalgamated" into a single file. usage of pyexpander requires the command line option -x.

just run python2 pyhttpd.py to serve contents of current directory on 0.0.0.0 interface and port 8000. if you pass a command line argument, it's treated as a port number to use instead.

NEW!!!!1 pyhttpd now has an extended mode, which allows to override port, ip, root directory, and even the main client loop of the app. help output:

pyhttpd (c) 2021 rofl0r.
simple mode (zero or one argument):
pyhttpd [PORT]
        serves current directory on 0.0.0.0 port 8000, or on PORT

extended mode:
pyhttpd [OPTIONS]
        available OPTIONS:
        -i LISTENIP - specify ip to listen on
        -p PORT     - specify port to listen on
        -r ROOT     - specify root directory of webservice
        -a APP      - specify python module name for client_main()
        -A FILE     - read basic auth user:pass from FILE (use - for stdin)
        -x          - enable pyexpander macro language

see helloworld.py for how a custom app may look like, and run

pyhttpd -a helloworld

this allows you to run your own web app without having to mess with the code inside pyhttpd.py.

in order to use basic authentication to access the "built-in app", which serves files and directory listings (if no index.html is found), use argument -A FILE with a filename containing a user:pass pair separated with a colon character. -A - reads the pair from stdin.