slimHTTP 1.0.1rc7

A minimalistic non-threaded HTTP server written in Python. Supports REST & WebSockets¹.

A no-dependency, simple, minimal and flexible HTTP server written in Python.
Supports: REST, WebSocket¹, vhosts, reverse proxy and static file delivery.

• slimHTTP documentation
• slimHTTP discord server

Features

• No dependencies or additional requirements
• REST routes (@http.route('/some/endpoint'))
• websockets using plugin spiderWeb ¹
• Can emulate files via @http.route('/example.html')
• vhosts
• TLS (SSL)
• reverse proxy
• .py extensions in web-root/vhosts without having to use FastCGI
• No threads used by default (fully relies on epoll() and select() on Windows)
• flexible runtime configuration and re-configuration (using annotation @http.configuration)

Installation

The project is hosted on PyPi and can be installed with pip.

sudo pip install slimHTTP

But it can also be cloned manually (or downloaded)

git clone https://github.com/Torxed/slimHTTP

Minimal example

import slimHTTP

http = slimHTTP.host(slimHTTP.HTTP)
http.run()

Serves any files under /srv/http by default in HTTP mode.

Footnote

It's not pretty down here. But it'll do in a pinch.