# from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer # python2
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer # python3
class HandleRequests(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def _set_headers(self):
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')
self.end_headers()
def do_GET(self):
self._set_headers()
self.wfile.write("received get request")
def do_POST(self):
'''Reads post request body'''
self._set_headers()
content_len = int(self.headers.getheader('content-length', 0))
post_body = self.rfile.read(content_len)
self.wfile.write("received post request:<br>{}".format(post_body))
def do_PUT(self):
self.do_POST()
host = ''
port = 80
HTTPServer((host, port), HandleRequests).serve_forever()
Example output using curl
:
$ curl http://localhost/
received get request%
$ curl -X POST http://localhost/
received post request:<br>%
$ curl -X PUT http://localhost/
received post request:<br>%
$ echo 'hello world' | curl --data-binary @- http://localhost/
received post request:<br>hello world