# 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()