A Python SimpleHTTPServer, but serves 404.html if a page is not found.
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SimpleHTTP404Server: Easy testing of 404.html
SimpleHTTP404Server allows easy testing of static HTML providers that allow 404 response customization via a 404.html page. This includes at least GitHub and FastMail. It is a simple extension to SimpleHTTPServer, a built-in Python module which servers the current directory over HTTP.
If you server a static site using GitHub Pages or another static website provider, this module can help you test your 404 page before pushing changes to a live website.
First install the package using pip:
pip install SimpleHTTP404Server
Browse to the directory, and run the following to server it on port 8000.
python -m SimpleHTTP404Server
Or, if you’d like to specify a different port:
python -m SimpleHTTP404Server 1234
And that’s it! Now browse to a page that exists, maybe http://localhost:8000/index.html. And check that your 404.html page is properly loaded by checking a few different paths: * http://localhost:8000/404.html * http://localhost:8000/does-not-exist.html * http://localhost:8000/does/not/exist.html
Usecases
Personally this is used to test any GitHub Pages sites I use, in particular my blog, which is build on Pelican. This is done via Fabric:
@task
def serve():
"""Locally serve the blog."""
local('cd {deploy_path} && python -m SimpleHTTP404Server {listen_port}'.format(**env))
Future
Please let me know (by filing issues or pull requests) if you find any bugs or if you feel there are features missing.
v0.2.0: May 13, 2015
Switch back to a simple way of getting the 404.html page. The complicated way seems to imply it fixed server 404 pages from non-root directories…but it doesn’t, ensure your paths are absolute.
v0.1.2: May 13, 2015
Package readme, changelog.
v0.1.1: May 13, 2015
Supports packaged version uploaded to pypi.
v0.1.0: Feb. 24, 2015
Initial version, supports loading 404.html page from any subdirectory.
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