Resumable File Server

A simple, multithreaded HTTP file server supporting resumable downloads and file uploads written in pure Python. Drop-in replacement for SimpleHTTPServer, http.server.

Features

• Supports Python 2 and Python 3
• Proper handling of Unicode
• Support for HTTP Range requests (partial downloads)
• Multithreaded serving (handles many clients)
• Directory browsing and multi-file upload via UTF-8 HTML interface
• Specify root directory to serve files from
• Configurable host/IP and port

Usage

Serve files inside /home/user on localhost:8080:

resumable_file_server 8080 --host localhost --port  --root /home/user/

Then download with curl:

curl -O -C - http://localhost:8080/largefile.zip

You can also upload one or more files (this uploads them to /home/user/images/):

curl -X POST \
  -F "file=@/path/to/photo.jpg" \
  -F "file=@/path/to/document.pdf" \
  http://localhost:8080/images/

And you will see an UTF-8 HTML with a multi-file picker and upload button at the bottom if you open http://localhost:8080/ with your browser.

Arguments

Security Notes

• Requests outside the root directory (e.g., ../../etc/passwd) are blocked automatically.
• Only files inside the --root are accessible.

License

MIT License