serve.py

# Taken from
# http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/tech-tip-really-simple-http-server-python

import os
import BaseHTTPServer
from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler


HandlerClass = SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
ServerClass  = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer
Protocol     = "HTTP/1.0"

server_address = ('127.0.0.1', 8000)

HandlerClass.protocol_version = Protocol
httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)

sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
print "Serving HTTP on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "..."
os.chdir('content')
httpd.serve_forever()