from __future__ import print_function import sys 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 try: httpd = socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler) except OSError as e: print("Could not listen on port", PORT) sys.exit(getattr(e, 'exitcode', 1)) print("serving at port", PORT) httpd.serve_forever()