import BaseHTTPServer
import cgi, random, sys
MESSAGES = [
"That‘s as maybe, it‘s still a frog.",
"Albatross! Albatross! Albatross!",
"It‘s Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.",
"A pink form from Reading.",
"Hello people, and welcome to ‘It‘s a Tree.‘"
"I simply stare at the brick and it goes to sleep.",
]
class Handler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
if self.path != "/":
self.send_error(404,"file not found");
return
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header("Content-type","text/html")
self.end_headers()
try:
#redirect stdout to client
stdout=sys.stdout
sys.stdout=self.wfile
self.makepage()
finally:
sys.stdout=stdout #restore
def makepage(self):
#generate a random msg
tagline=random.choice(MESSAGES)
print "<html><title>toast</title><body><p>Today‘s quote:<i>"
print cgi.escape(tagline)
print "</i></body></html>"
PORT=8000
httpd=BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(("",PORT),Handler)
print "serving at port",PORT
httpd.serve_forever()