2022-04-27

Serve HTTP Files With Python Server

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Sometimes there is a need to serve HTML page instead of just displaying it in the browser:

  • share content with others (allowing download)
  • serve HTTP document with javascript when javascript can't be read due to CORS limitations.

From the directory with the content you want to serve type in terminal:

python -m http.server 9000

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