server.py

import sys
import os
import posixpath
import urllib
from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer

class Handler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def translate_path(self, path):
        """Translate a /-separated PATH to the local filename syntax.

        Components that mean special things to the local file system
        (e.g. drive or directory names) are ignored.  (XXX They should
        probably be diagnosed.)

        """
        # abandon query parameters
        path = path.split('?',1)[0]
        path = path.split('#',1)[0]
        path = posixpath.normpath(urllib.unquote(path))
        words = path.split('/')
        words = filter(None, words)
        path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
        for word in words:
            drive, word = os.path.splitdrive(word)
            head, word = os.path.split(word)
            if word in (os.curdir, os.pardir): continue
            path = os.path.join(path, word)
        return path

def main():
    if sys.argv[1:]:
        port = int(sys.argv[1])
    else:
        port = 8888
    server_address = ('', port)

    #Handler.protocol_version = "HTTP/1.1"
    httpd = HTTPServer(server_address, Handler)

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

if __name__=='__main__':
    main()