Issue 14989: http.server --cgi option can enable the CGI http server.
diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
index d947ed2..04ec746 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -400,3 +400,9 @@
Note that CGI scripts will be run with UID of user nobody, for security
reasons. Problems with the CGI script will be translated to error 403.
+
+:class:`CGIHTTPRequestHandler` can be enabled in the command line by passing
+the ``--cgi`` option.::
+
+ python -m http.server --cgi 8000
+
diff --git a/Lib/http/server.py b/Lib/http/server.py
index cb66f2b..c4ac703 100644
--- a/Lib/http/server.py
+++ b/Lib/http/server.py
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
import time
import urllib.parse
import copy
+import argparse
+
# Default error message template
DEFAULT_ERROR_MESSAGE = """\
@@ -1173,18 +1175,13 @@
def test(HandlerClass = BaseHTTPRequestHandler,
- ServerClass = HTTPServer, protocol="HTTP/1.0"):
+ ServerClass = HTTPServer, protocol="HTTP/1.0", port=8000):
"""Test the HTTP request handler class.
This runs an HTTP server on port 8000 (or the first command line
argument).
"""
-
- if sys.argv[1:]:
- port = int(sys.argv[1])
- else:
- port = 8000
server_address = ('', port)
HandlerClass.protocol_version = protocol
@@ -1200,4 +1197,15 @@
sys.exit(0)
if __name__ == '__main__':
- test(HandlerClass=SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+ parser.add_argument('--cgi', action='store_true',
+ help='Run as CGI Server')
+ parser.add_argument('port', action='store',
+ default=8000, type=int,
+ nargs='?',
+ help='Specify alternate port [default: 8000]')
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+ if args.cgi:
+ test(HandlerClass=CGIHTTPRequestHandler, port=args.port)
+ else:
+ test(HandlerClass=SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, port=args.port)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b746969..e732604 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #14989: Make the CGI enable option to http.server available via command
+ line.
+
- Issue #14987: Add a missing import statement to inspect.
- Issue #1079: email.header.decode_header now correctly parses all the examples