Function test

Lib/http/server.py:975–1005

Test the HTTP request handler class. This runs an HTTP server on port 8000 (or the port argument).

(HandlerClass=BaseHTTPRequestHandler,
         ServerClass=ThreadingHTTPServer,
         protocol="HTTP/1.0", port=8000, bind=None,
         tls_cert=None, tls_key=None, tls_password=None)

def test(HandlerClass=BaseHTTPRequestHandler,
         ServerClass=ThreadingHTTPServer,
         protocol="HTTP/1.0", port=8000, bind=None,
         tls_cert=None, tls_key=None, tls_password=None):
    """Test the HTTP request handler class.

    This runs an HTTP server on port 8000 (or the port argument).

    """
    ServerClass.address_family, addr = _get_best_family(bind, port)
    HandlerClass.protocol_version = protocol

    if tls_cert:
        server = ServerClass(addr, HandlerClass, certfile=tls_cert,
                             keyfile=tls_key, password=tls_password)
    else:
        server = ServerClass(addr, HandlerClass)

    with server as httpd:
        host, port = httpd.socket.getsockname()[:2]
        url_host = f'[{host}]' if ':' in host else host
        protocol = 'HTTPS' if tls_cert else 'HTTP'
        print(
            f"Serving {protocol} on {host} port {port} "
            f"({protocol.lower()}://{url_host}:{port}/) ..."
        )
        try:
            httpd.serve_forever()
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            print("\nKeyboard interrupt received, exiting.")
            sys.exit(0)


def _main(args=None):