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If you need to start up a quick-and-dirty HTTP server on the Pi, try the following at the command prompt:<\/p>\n

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This will start up a server on port 8000. You can only server HTML pages without further work, but if you just want to stick something up quick, it’s a simple method.<\/p>\n

You can also start up a server programmatically within Python:<\/p>\n

\n
import SimpleHTTPServer\nimport SocketServer\n\nPORT = 8000\n\nHandler = SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler\n\nhttpd = SocketServer.TCPServer((\"\", PORT), Handler)\n\nprint \"serving at port\", PORT\nhttpd.serve_forever()<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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