from __future__ import print_function try: import SimpleHTTPServer as srvmod except ImportError: import http.server as srvmod # NOQA try: import SocketServer as socketserver except ImportError: import socketserver # NOQA PORT = 8000 Handler = srvmod.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler httpd = socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler) print("serving at port", PORT) httpd.serve_forever()