fake-https-server 0.0.13

Fake http and https servers

Fake Https Server

Introduction

Fake Https Server is a package to create auto assigned HTTPS and HTTP servers to use with tests. Useful to tests web scrapers and https or https clients.

How create auto assigned certificates

Follow docs/receita-servidor-cliente-ssl.md recipe.

How to use

Install it using pip command:

pip install fake_https_server

in your project folder.

Usage

First, generate the server and ca certificates. To do it, follow the recipe. Then, you can use HTTP or HTTPS server as follow:

Fake HTTP Server

# Message to be sent
msg = "It works"
# Create the fake HTTP server. By default the HTTP server will listen at
# localhost, a random free port (between 1024 and 65535)
server = Daemon(FakeHttpServer(ContentGet(msg)))
# Start the server
server.start()
# Make a http client connection to the server
client = http.client.HTTPConnection("localhost", server.port())
client.request("GET", "/")
# Get the server response
response = client.getresponse()
content = response.read().decode()
# Stop the fake http server
server.stop()

Fake HTTPS Server

# Path to ca certificate file (the https client needs it)
ca_file = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "certificates" / "ca.crt"
# Message to be sent
msg = "It works!"
# Create the fake HTTPS server. By default the HTTPS server will listen at
# localhost, a random free port (between 1024 and 65535)
server = Daemon(FakeHttpsServer(ContentGet(msg)))
# Start the server
server.start()
# Make a https client connection to the server
client = http.client.HTTPSConnection(
    "localhost",
    server.port(),
    context=ssl.create_default_context(cafile=ca_file),
)
client.request("GET", "/")
# Get the server response
response = client.getresponse()
content = response.read().decode()
# Stop the fake http server
server.stop()

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (C) 2025 Fabrício Barros Cabral

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