#!/usr/bin/env python2
# httpEcho.py -- program to parrot back http headers sent by a browser
from socket import *
from string import join
import sys
PORT = 2080 # default port
RESPONSE = \
"""HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Connection: Close
Content_type: text/html
HTTP Echo Response
%s
"""
def start_server(port):
s = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM)
s.bind((gethostname(),port))
s.listen(1)
print "Echo server listening on %s" % port
while 1:
sock,addr = s.accept()
print "\nconnection from", addr
inFile = sock.makefile()
# Read lines until end of headers found
lines = []
while 1:
line = inFile.readline()
if line == "\r\n": break # exit loop at blank line
lines.append(line)
inFile.close()
print "Got request, sending response"
sock.sendall(RESPONSE % join(lines,""))
sock.close()
print "Response sent"
if __name__ == '__main__':
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
start_server(int(sys.argv[1]))
else:
start_server(PORT)