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wxs
Asked: 2010-08-18 12:50:16 +0800 CST

Simple HTTP server for folders

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Every once in a while when I'm debugging some web app, it would be useful for me to be able to serve a folder via a lightweight HTTP server. Something along the lines of

cd folder
httpserve -p 5000

in order to serve that folder over port 5000. Is there any tool to allow me to do this?

Thanks.

http http-server

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  1. Best Answer

    python -m SimpleHTTPServer 5000

    Or for cgi serving:

    python -m CGIHTTPServer 5000

    and browse to : http://localhost:5000/myscript.py

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