From 3434755e4f7bee20bc97cc2a74f8a812f261bd38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Murtaugh <mm@automatist.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:11:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added mini python server.py

---
 serve.py | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 serve.py

diff --git a/serve.py b/serve.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ed2186c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serve.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import BaseHTTPServer, CGIHTTPServer
+import cgitb; cgitb.enable()  ## This line enables CGI error reporting
+import sys, argparse, socket
+from time import sleep
+ 
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Happy to serve you')
+parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, default=8000, help='the port number to listen to')
+parser.add_argument('-t', '--notryports', default=True, action="store_false", help='if a port is busy, automatically try other ones')
+parser.add_argument('--share', default=False, action="store_true", help='Run as server accessible via your local network')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+server = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer
+handler = CGIHTTPServer.CGIHTTPRequestHandler
+handler.cgi_directories = ["/cgi-bin"]
+tryports = args.notryports
+port = args.port
+ipaddr = None
+
+if args.share:
+    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+    s.connect(("wikipedia.org",80))
+    ipaddr = s.getsockname()[0]
+    s.close()
+
+while True:
+    try:
+        if ipaddr:
+            server_address = (ipaddr, port)
+            servername = ipaddr
+        else:
+            server_address = ("localhost", port)
+            servername = "localhost"
+        httpd = server(server_address, handler)
+        print "Serving at --> http://{0}:{1}".format(servername, port)
+        httpd.serve_forever()
+    except socket.error, e:
+        if e.errno == 98:
+            if tryports:
+                if port < 2000:
+                    port = 2000
+                else:
+                    port += 1
+                sleep(.01)
+            else:
+                print """
+====================================
+Error: port ({0}) is already in use
+====================================
+ 
+You can pick another port number
+(for example 9999) with:
+ 
+    serve --port 9999
+""".format(port)
+                break
+        else:
+            raise(e)
+