advanced SimpleHTTPServer?

[Chris Warrick]

On 2 November 2016 at 08:27, Ulli Horlacher
<framstag at rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
> "python -m SimpleHTTPServer" is really cool :-)
>
> But I need some more features:
>
> - some kind of a chroot, to prevent file access higher then the base
>   directory
>
> - a directory listing mit date and size information
>
> - an upload possibility
>
> I could modify /usr/lib/python2.7/SimpleHTTPServer.py by myself, but maybe
> someone already has implemented these features?
>
> Use case: users with notebooks in a foreign (WiFi) LAN want to exchange
> some files on-the-fly, quick-and-dirty. Using USB sticks is a no-go! :-)

SimpleHTTPServer is meant to be used for development and testing. It
should not be used for anything remotely serious for security and
speed reasons.

Instead, you should use a real web server, such as nginx or apache.
Those will do the first two properly, and the last one could be
handled by a simple-ish PHP script. Or a full-fledged app in Django or
Flask if you feel like it.

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