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Internet Protocols and Support</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body"> <div class="section" id="module-BaseHTTPServer"> <h1>20.18. <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseHTTPServer</span></tt> — Basic HTTP server<a class="headerlink" href="#module-BaseHTTPServer" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">The <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseHTTPServer</span></tt> module has been merged into <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">http.server</span></tt> in Python 3.0. The <a class="reference external" href="../glossary.html#term-to3"><em class="xref">2to3</em></a> tool will automatically adapt imports when converting your sources to 3.0.</p> </div> <p id="index-224">This module defines two classes for implementing HTTP servers (Web servers). Usually, this module isn’t used directly, but is used as a basis for building functioning Web servers. See the <a title="This module provides a basic request handler for HTTP servers." class="reference external" href="simplehttpserver.html#module-SimpleHTTPServer"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SimpleHTTPServer</span></tt></a> and <a title="This module provides a request handler for HTTP servers which can run CGI scripts." class="reference external" href="cgihttpserver.html#module-CGIHTTPServer"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">CGIHTTPServer</span></tt></a> modules.</p> <p>The first class, <a title="BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">HTTPServer</span></tt></a>, is a <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SocketServer.TCPServer</span></tt> subclass, and therefore implements the <a title="SocketServer.BaseServer" class="reference external" href="socketserver.html#SocketServer.BaseServer"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SocketServer.BaseServer</span></tt></a> interface. It creates and listens at the HTTP socket, dispatching the requests to a handler. Code to create and run the server looks like this:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">server_class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">BaseHTTPServer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">HTTPServer</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">handler_class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">BaseHTTPServer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">BaseHTTPRequestHandler</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">server_address</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s">''</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">8000</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">httpd</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">server_class</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">server_address</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">handler_class</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">httpd</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">serve_forever</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <dl class="class"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer"> <em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">BaseHTTPServer.</tt><tt class="descname">HTTPServer</tt><big>(</big><em>server_address</em>, <em>RequestHandlerClass</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>This class builds on the <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">TCPServer</span></tt> class by storing the server address as instance variables named <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">server_name</span></tt> and <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">server_port</span></tt>. The server is accessible by the handler, typically through the handler’s <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">server</span></tt> instance variable.</dd></dl> <dl class="class"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler"> <em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">BaseHTTPServer.</tt><tt class="descname">BaseHTTPRequestHandler</tt><big>(</big><em>request</em>, <em>client_address</em>, <em>server</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>This class is used to handle the HTTP requests that arrive at the server. By itself, it cannot respond to any actual HTTP requests; it must be subclassed to handle each request method (e.g. GET or POST). <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseHTTPRequestHandler</span></tt></a> provides a number of class and instance variables, and methods for use by subclasses.</p> <p>The handler will parse the request and the headers, then call a method specific to the request type. The method name is constructed from the request. For example, for the request method <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SPAM</span></tt>, the <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">do_SPAM()</span></tt> method will be called with no arguments. All of the relevant information is stored in instance variables of the handler. Subclasses should not need to override or extend the <a title="object.__init__" class="reference external" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__init__"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">__init__()</span></tt></a> method.</p> <p><a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseHTTPRequestHandler</span></tt></a> has the following instance variables:</p> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.client_address"> <tt class="descname">client_address</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.client_address" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Contains a tuple of the form <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">(host,</span> <span class="pre">port)</span></tt> referring to the client’s address.</dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.server"> <tt class="descname">server</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.server" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Contains the server instance.</dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.command"> <tt class="descname">command</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.command" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Contains the command (request type). For example, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'GET'</span></tt>.</dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.path"> <tt class="descname">path</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.path" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Contains the request path.</dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.request_version"> <tt class="descname">request_version</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.request_version" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Contains the version string from the request. For example, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'HTTP/1.0'</span></tt>.</dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.headers"> <tt class="descname">headers</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.headers" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Holds an instance of the class specified by the <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.MessageClass" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.MessageClass"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">MessageClass</span></tt></a> class variable. This instance parses and manages the headers in the HTTP request.</dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.rfile"> <tt class="descname">rfile</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.rfile" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Contains an input stream, positioned at the start of the optional input data.</dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.wfile"> <tt class="descname">wfile</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.wfile" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Contains the output stream for writing a response back to the client. Proper adherence to the HTTP protocol must be used when writing to this stream.</dd></dl> <p><a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseHTTPRequestHandler</span></tt></a> has the following class variables:</p> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.server_version"> <tt class="descname">server_version</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.server_version" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Specifies the server software version. You may want to override this. The format is multiple whitespace-separated strings, where each string is of the form name[/version]. For example, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'BaseHTTP/0.2'</span></tt>.</dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.sys_version"> <tt class="descname">sys_version</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.sys_version" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Contains the Python system version, in a form usable by the <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.version_string" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.version_string"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">version_string</span></tt></a> method and the <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.server_version" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.server_version"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">server_version</span></tt></a> class variable. For example, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'Python/1.4'</span></tt>.</dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.error_message_format"> <tt class="descname">error_message_format</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.error_message_format" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Specifies a format string for building an error response to the client. It uses parenthesized, keyed format specifiers, so the format operand must be a dictionary. The <em>code</em> key should be an integer, specifying the numeric HTTP error code value. <em>message</em> should be a string containing a (detailed) error message of what occurred, and <em>explain</em> should be an explanation of the error code number. Default <em>message</em> and <em>explain</em> values can found in the <em>responses</em> class variable.</dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.error_content_type"> <tt class="descname">error_content_type</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.error_content_type" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Specifies the Content-Type HTTP header of error responses sent to the client. The default value is <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'text/html'</span></tt>.</p> <p class="versionadded"> <span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.6: </span>Previously, the content type was always <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'text/html'</span></tt>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.protocol_version"> <tt class="descname">protocol_version</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.protocol_version" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>This specifies the HTTP protocol version used in responses. If set to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'HTTP/1.1'</span></tt>, the server will permit HTTP persistent connections; however, your server <em>must</em> then include an accurate <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Content-Length</span></tt> header (using <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.send_header" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.send_header"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">send_header()</span></tt></a>) in all of its responses to clients. For backwards compatibility, the setting defaults to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'HTTP/1.0'</span></tt>.</dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.MessageClass"> <tt class="descname">MessageClass</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.MessageClass" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p id="index-225">Specifies a <a title="rfc822.Message" class="reference external" href="rfc822.html#rfc822.Message"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">rfc822.Message</span></tt></a>-like class to parse HTTP headers. Typically, this is not overridden, and it defaults to <a title="mimetools.Message" class="reference external" href="mimetools.html#mimetools.Message"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">mimetools.Message</span></tt></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.responses"> <tt class="descname">responses</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.responses" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>This variable contains a mapping of error code integers to two-element tuples containing a short and long message. For example, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">{code:</span> <span class="pre">(shortmessage,</span> <span class="pre">longmessage)}</span></tt>. The <em>shortmessage</em> is usually used as the <em>message</em> key in an error response, and <em>longmessage</em> as the <em>explain</em> key (see the <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.error_message_format" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.error_message_format"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">error_message_format</span></tt></a> class variable).</dd></dl> <p>A <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseHTTPRequestHandler</span></tt></a> instance has the following methods:</p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle"> <tt class="descname">handle</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Calls <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle_one_request" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle_one_request"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">handle_one_request()</span></tt></a> once (or, if persistent connections are enabled, multiple times) to handle incoming HTTP requests. You should never need to override it; instead, implement appropriate <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">do_*()</span></tt> methods.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle_one_request"> <tt class="descname">handle_one_request</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle_one_request" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>This method will parse and dispatch the request to the appropriate <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">do_*()</span></tt> method. You should never need to override it.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.send_error"> <tt class="descname">send_error</tt><big>(</big><em>code</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>message</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.send_error" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Sends and logs a complete error reply to the client. The numeric <em>code</em> specifies the HTTP error code, with <em>message</em> as optional, more specific text. A complete set of headers is sent, followed by text composed using the <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.error_message_format" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.error_message_format"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">error_message_format</span></tt></a> class variable.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.send_response"> <tt class="descname">send_response</tt><big>(</big><em>code</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>message</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.send_response" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Sends a response header and logs the accepted request. The HTTP response line is sent, followed by <em>Server</em> and <em>Date</em> headers. The values for these two headers are picked up from the <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.version_string" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.version_string"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">version_string()</span></tt></a> and <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.date_time_string" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.date_time_string"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">date_time_string()</span></tt></a> methods, respectively.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.send_header"> <tt class="descname">send_header</tt><big>(</big><em>keyword</em>, <em>value</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.send_header" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Writes a specific HTTP header to the output stream. <em>keyword</em> should specify the header keyword, with <em>value</em> specifying its value.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.end_headers"> <tt class="descname">end_headers</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.end_headers" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Sends a blank line, indicating the end of the HTTP headers in the response.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_request"> <tt class="descname">log_request</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>code</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>size</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_request" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Logs an accepted (successful) request. <em>code</em> should specify the numeric HTTP code associated with the response. If a size of the response is available, then it should be passed as the <em>size</em> parameter.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_error"> <tt class="descname">log_error</tt><big>(</big><em>...</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_error" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Logs an error when a request cannot be fulfilled. By default, it passes the message to <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_message" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_message"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">log_message()</span></tt></a>, so it takes the same arguments (<em>format</em> and additional values).</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_message"> <tt class="descname">log_message</tt><big>(</big><em>format</em>, <em>...</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_message" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Logs an arbitrary message to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.stderr</span></tt>. This is typically overridden to create custom error logging mechanisms. The <em>format</em> argument is a standard printf-style format string, where the additional arguments to <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_message" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_message"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">log_message()</span></tt></a> are applied as inputs to the formatting. The client address and current date and time are prefixed to every message logged.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.version_string"> <tt class="descname">version_string</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.version_string" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Returns the server software’s version string. This is a combination of the <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.server_version" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.server_version"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">server_version</span></tt></a> and <a title="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.sys_version" class="reference internal" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.sys_version"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys_version</span></tt></a> class variables.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.date_time_string"> <tt class="descname">date_time_string</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>timestamp</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.date_time_string" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns the date and time given by <em>timestamp</em> (which must be in the format returned by <a title="time.time" class="reference external" href="time.html#time.time"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">time.time()</span></tt></a>), formatted for a message header. If <em>timestamp</em> is omitted, it uses the current date and time.</p> <p>The result looks like <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'Sun,</span> <span class="pre">06</span> <span class="pre">Nov</span> <span class="pre">1994</span> <span class="pre">08:49:37</span> <span class="pre">GMT'</span></tt>.</p> <p class="versionadded"> <span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.5: </span>The <em>timestamp</em> parameter.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_date_time_string"> <tt class="descname">log_date_time_string</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_date_time_string" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Returns the current date and time, formatted for logging.</dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.address_string"> <tt class="descname">address_string</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.address_string" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Returns the client address, formatted for logging. A name lookup is performed on the client’s IP address.</dd></dl> </dd></dl> <div class="section" id="more-examples"> <h2>20.18.1. More examples<a class="headerlink" href="#more-examples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>To create a server that doesn’t run forever, but until some condition is fulfilled:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run_while_true</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">server_class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">BaseHTTPServer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">HTTPServer</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">handler_class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">BaseHTTPServer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">BaseHTTPRequestHandler</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="sd">"""</span> <span class="sd"> This assumes that keep_running() is a function of no arguments which</span> <span class="sd"> is tested initially and after each request. If its return value</span> <span class="sd"> is true, the server continues.</span> <span class="sd"> """</span> <span class="n">server_address</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s">''</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">8000</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">httpd</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">server_class</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">server_address</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">handler_class</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">while</span> <span class="n">keep_running</span><span class="p">():</span> <span class="n">httpd</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">handle_request</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="admonition-see-also admonition seealso"> <p class="first admonition-title">See also</p> <dl class="last docutils"> <dt>Module <a title="This module provides a request handler for HTTP servers which can run CGI scripts." class="reference external" href="cgihttpserver.html#module-CGIHTTPServer"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">CGIHTTPServer</span></tt></a></dt> <dd>Extended request handler that supports CGI scripts.</dd> <dt>Module <a title="This module provides a basic request handler for HTTP servers." class="reference external" href="simplehttpserver.html#module-SimpleHTTPServer"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SimpleHTTPServer</span></tt></a></dt> <dd>Basic request handler that limits response to files actually under the document root.</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference external" href="#">20.18. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">BaseHTTPServer</span></tt> — Basic HTTP server</a><ul> <li><a class="reference external" href="#more-examples">20.18.1. 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