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Denis Hoctor
Denis Hoctor

Reputation: 2607

python -m SimpleHTTPServer - Listening on 0.0.0.0:8000 but http://0.0.0.0:8000/test.html gives "Page Not Found"

After cding to my folder I enter

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

and get 

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...

in reply. But when I hit http://0.0.0.0:8000/test.html I get a page not found error.

I've also tried 

pushd /path/you/want/to/serve; python -m SimpleHTTPServer; popd

taken from this question

When I hit ls I can see the file and the directory. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Upvotes: 23

Views: 81665

Answers (11)

Aman Thakur
Aman Thakur

Reputation: 114

Try to host over localhost may it help you instead of trying it on http://0.0.0.0/ like this way: python -m http.server 8000 --bind 127.0.0.1

Upvotes: 2

Abhinav Porwal
Abhinav Porwal

Reputation: 35

This worked for me on Windows 8. Did not download any software!

In cmd:

  1. Go to the directory that your file is in.
  2. python -m SimpleHTTPServer
    Shows "Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ..."

Now, find out your system name. For Windows 8: Control Panel -> System. You will see the computer name here. Let's say it is "Abhinav".

Your local server will be hosted at "Abhinav.local:8000".

Upvotes: 0

rahul soni
rahul soni

Reputation: 3

this worked for me,replacing your machine name with
http://localhost:x000

Upvotes: 0

ZeroNullByte
ZeroNullByte

Reputation: 39

Sometimes the same port number is used by some other service. So we can try with some other port like 

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 9090

And then simply hit http://{your system IP}:9090/

this works for me.

Upvotes: 0

Mostafa Sadeghi
Mostafa Sadeghi

Reputation: 31

try this in python3

python -m http.server 8000 --bind 127.0.0.1

and in your browser this url:

http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Upvotes: 0

Gayan Weerakutti
Gayan Weerakutti

Reputation: 13715

Run ifconfig on Linux or ipconfig on Windows to find the ip address of the server.

$ sudo ifconfig
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 30:3a:64:b3:be:6a  
          inet addr:192.168.1.103  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

Here in case the url would be:

http://192.168.1.103:8000/test.html

Upvotes: 0

Giannis Tzagarakis
Giannis Tzagarakis

Reputation: 530

  1. create a directory e.g. mkdir HTTPServer_dir
  2. move inside the folder cd HTTPServer_dir
  3. typing the command (according to python version) python -m SimpleHTTPSever 8000 (or the port you want)
  4. go on a browser and type http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Done !!!

You could make a simple index.html page inside the HTTPServer_dir so you can see an html page instead of directory listing

Upvotes: 1

Rob
Rob

Reputation: 41

You must type in the ip-address of the computer your connecting to for example 192.168.0.2:8000 Change that to the ip-address of your server.

Upvotes: 4

elarson
elarson

Reputation: 865

I think the other two answers are trying to make it clear that 0.0.0.0 is not the URL you should be visiting. When a Python web server (like cherrypy for instance) says it is serving on 0.0.0.0 it means it is listening for all TCP traffic that ends up at that machine no matter the hostname or IP that was requested. But, if you change it such that the socket listens on 127.0.0.1 or 'localhost', then unless the request was specifically to that IP/hostname, it won't respond to the request. For example, many times you can use your machine name instead of localhost (ubuntu allows this for example). If your machine name is 'brian' and you have a server listening on 0.0.0.0:8080, you should be able to reach that server with http://brian:8080. But if that server is listening on 'localhost', even though 'brian' is set to point to 'localhost', the server won't receive the message.

You also need to be sure the file really is in the directory you are running the command from. Otherwise, the 404 response is actually correct :)

Good luck!

Upvotes: 43

The Maniac
The Maniac

Reputation: 2626

Try browsing to http://localhost:8000/test.html or http://127.0.0.1:8000/test.html (those two should be exactly the same thing as long as your hosts file isn't all crazy-like).

0.0.0.0 is usually used by Windows as the "Not connected" IP, and can also be used as a sort of wildcard for when dealing with IPs. I am a bit confused at why your HTTP server is trying to host on 0.0.0.0, though. You may need to edit some config files and set that to 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1'.

Upvotes: 2

Ryan Ginstrom
Ryan Ginstrom

Reputation: 14121

Have you tried http://127.0.0.1:8000/ ?

:)

Upvotes: 19

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