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A simple echo server to inspect http web requests
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| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| # Reflects the requests from HTTP methods GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE | |
| # Written by Nathan Hamiel (2010) | |
| from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler | |
| from optparse import OptionParser | |
| import json | |
| class RequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): | |
| def do_GET(self): | |
| request_path = self.path | |
| print("\n----- Request Start ----->\n") | |
| print("Request path:", request_path) | |
| for (k,v) in request_headers.items(): | |
| print(f"\t{k}: {v}") | |
| print("<----- Request End -----\n") | |
| self.send_response(200) | |
| self.end_headers() | |
| def do_POST(self): | |
| request_path = self.path | |
| print("\n----- Request Start ----->\n") | |
| print("Request path:", request_path) | |
| request_headers = self.headers | |
| content_length = request_headers.get('Content-Length') | |
| length = int(content_length) if content_length else 0 | |
| print("Content Length:", length) | |
| print("Request headers:") | |
| for (k,v) in request_headers.items(): | |
| print(f"\t{k}: {v}") | |
| print("\n----- Request Body ----->\n") | |
| try: | |
| body = b"" | |
| for i in range(length): | |
| body += self.rfile.read(1) | |
| print( | |
| json.dumps( | |
| json.loads( | |
| # self.rfile.read(length) | |
| body | |
| ), | |
| indent=4 | |
| ) | |
| ) | |
| except Exception as e: | |
| print(self.rfile.read(10)) | |
| print(e) | |
| print("\n----- Request Body End ----->\n") | |
| print("<----- Request End -----\n") | |
| self.send_response(200) | |
| self.end_headers() | |
| do_PUT = do_POST | |
| do_PATCH = do_POST | |
| do_DELETE = do_GET | |
| def main(): | |
| port = 8080 | |
| print('Listening on localhost:%s' % port) | |
| server = HTTPServer(('', port), RequestHandler) | |
| server.serve_forever() | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| parser = OptionParser() | |
| parser.usage = ("Creates an http-server that will echo out any GET or POST parameters\n" | |
| "Run:\n\n" | |
| " reflect") | |
| (options, args) = parser.parse_args() | |
| main() |
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Edit: print headers better and read response byte by byte