# Python Http.server Module The `http.server` module defines classes for implementing HTTP servers (Web servers). ## Importing the Module ```python import http.server ``` ## Basic Usage (Command Line) You can use the module to run a simple web server from the command line. This is useful for sharing files or testing. ```bash python -m http.server 8000 ``` This serves files from the current directory on port 8000. ## Creating a Simple Server You can create a server programmatically using `HTTPServer` and `SimpleHTTPRequestHandler`. ```python import http.server import socketserver PORT = 8000 Handler = http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler with socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler) as httpd: print("serving at port", PORT) httpd.serve_forever() ``` ## Custom Request Handler To handle requests dynamically, you can subclass `BaseHTTPRequestHandler`. ```python from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer class MyServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): def do_GET(self): self.send_response(200) self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html") self.end_headers() self.wfile.write(bytes("

Hello World!

", "utf-8")) if __name__ == "__main__": webServer = HTTPServer(("localhost", 8080), MyServer) try: webServer.serve_forever() except KeyboardInterrupt: pass webServer.server_close() ``` [[programming/python/python]]