Useful if your program is outputting web pages along the way.
from http.server import HTTPServer, CGIHTTPRequestHandler
import webbrowser
import threading
def start_server(path, port=8000):
'''Start a simple webserver serving path on port'''
os.chdir(path)
httpd = HTTPServer(('', port), CGIHTTPRequestHandler)
httpd.serve_forever()
# Start the server in a new thread
port = 8000
daemon = threading.Thread(name='daemon_server',
target=start_server,
args=('.', port)
daemon.setDaemon(True) # Set as a daemon so it will be killed once the main thread is dead.
daemon.start()
# Open the web browser
webbrowser.open('http://localhost:{}'.format(port))