adhoc-httpd

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Helper to launch an ad-hoc http server, with or without SSL enabled,
# and with or without required basic authentication
#
# usage: adhoc-httpd <path-to-serve> [<ssl|nossl> [<user> <password>]]
# examples:
#   % adhoc-httpd .
#   % adhoc-httpd /tmp ssl
#   % adhoc-httpd /tmp nossl myuser yourpassword

from pathlib import Path
import sys

from datalad.tests.utils import serve_path_via_http

path = Path(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else Path.cwd()
if not path.exists():
    raise ValueError(f'Path {path} does not exist')

ssl = 'nossl'
use_ssl = False
if len(sys.argv) > 2:
    ssl = sys.argv[2]
    if ssl not in ('ssl', 'nossl'):
        raise ValueError('SSL argument must be "ssl" or "nossl"')
    use_ssl = ssl == 'ssl'
auth = None
if len(sys.argv) > 3:
    if len(sys.argv) != 5:
        raise ValueError(
            'Usage to enable authentication: '
            'adhoc-httpd <path-to-serve> <ssl|nossl <user> <password>')
    auth = tuple(sys.argv[3:])


@serve_path_via_http(path, use_ssl=use_ssl, auth=auth)
def runner(path, url):
    print(f'Serving {path} at {url} [{ssl}] (required authentication {auth})')
    input("Hit Return to stop serving")


runner()