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grigoryvp
grigoryvp

Reputation: 42463

How to use cherrypy as a web server for static files?

Is it any easy way to use CherryPy as an web server that will display .html files in some folder? All CherryPy introductory documentation states that content is dynamically generated:

import cherrypy
class HelloWorld(object):
    def index(self):
        return "Hello World!"
    index.exposed = True
cherrypy.quickstart(HelloWorld())

Is it any easy way to use index.html instead of HelloWorld.index() method?

Upvotes: 21

Views: 24496

Answers (4)

AzureIP
AzureIP

Reputation: 395

I post this new answer because the solution of the accepted answer is outdated. This simple code will serve files on current directory.

import os
import cherrypy

PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
class Root(object): pass

cherrypy.tree.mount(Root(), '/', config={
        '/': {
                'tools.staticdir.on': True,
                'tools.staticdir.dir': PATH,
                'tools.staticdir.index': 'index.html',
            },
    })

cherrypy.engine.start()
cherrypy.engine.block()

Of course this is only a summarization of what was already posted.

Upvotes: 0

codeape
codeape

Reputation: 100766

Here is some information on serving static content with CherryPy: http://docs.cherrypy.org/stable/progguide/files/static.html

BTW, here is a simple way to share the current directory over HTTP with python:

# Python 3
$ python -m http.server [port]

# Python 2
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer [port]

Upvotes: 6

nosklo
nosklo

Reputation: 222842

This simple code will serve files on current directory.

import os
import cherrypy

PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
class Root(object): pass

cherrypy.tree.mount(Root(), '/', config={
        '/': {
                'tools.staticdir.on': True,
                'tools.staticdir.dir': PATH,
                'tools.staticdir.index': 'index.html',
            },
    })

cherrypy.quickstart()

Upvotes: 36

grigoryvp
grigoryvp

Reputation: 42463

# encode: utf-8

import cherrypy
WEB_ROOT = "c:\\webserver\\root\\"

class CServer( object ) :
    @cherrypy.expose
    def do_contact(self, **params):
        pass

cherrypy.server.socket_port = 80
# INADDR_ANY: listen on all interfaces
cherrypy.server.socket_host = '0.0.0.0'
conf = { '/':
  { 'tools.staticdir.on' : True,
    'tools.staticdir.dir' : WEB_ROOT,
    'tools.staticdir.index' : 'index.html' } }
cherrypy.quickstart( CServer(), config = conf )

Upvotes: 0

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