Python SimpleHTTPServer in LAN between 2 PCs - python

I am trying to run a simple HTTPServer in LAN. PC-A(192.168.2.10) and PC-B(192.168.2.12) are in same LAN.
I want to access HTTPServer running in PC-A from PC-B using a firefox web browser.
In PC-A(192.168.2.10) I ran,
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer $ Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000
From PC-A I(192.168.2.10) can access HTTPServer using firefoxx web browser
with,
1. http://192.168.2.10:8000 <-- WORKS
2. http://127.0.0.1:8000 <-- WORKS
But from PC-B (192.168.2.12) if I try to connect with
1. http://192.168.2.10:8000 <-- Does NOT WORK ??
Is it possible to connect to PC-A's HTTPserver from PC-B from above steps? OR are some other settings will be needed ?


AFAIK, you should enable HTTP port in your router via virtual server or port forwarding depending on the kind of the router.


It seems to be an network issue in my LAN. Issue solved after I Switched to another PC-C and ran
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
$ Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000
I was able to connect to PC-C's HTTPserver from PC-B. Issue was solved although not sure what was the real cause.

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running a simple server using python's SimpleHTTPServer

I am trying to create a local server by following the instructions here
I ran the command and got this:
➜ ~ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...
However I don't know how to access the files in the directory that I started the server in. How can I do this? Thanks

you can type localhost:8000 or 127.0.0.1:8000 in your browser.. the important bit being an address, localhost followed by the port 8000 in this case.

127.0.0.1 refused to connect

On command prompt I typed
python -m HTTPServer
and I got
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000
But when I try to access the localhost page it just won't open.
I also tried
http://127.0.0.1:8000/
but still, nothing opens up.
output:
Also, my pc have anaconda installed and I think that it may be hindering with 8000 port. I don't want to uninstall anaconda. How can I use this port or another new port as I m trying to learn D3?

Using python3, run the following command in the directory of your web assets:
python -m http.server 8000
This should be equivalent to using SimpleHTTPServer in python2.

Python 3 and http.server usage

I was wondering if I have index.html and in windows CMD run python -m http.server 80 while in the directory with index.html will it start a server on my IP(given I have port 80 open) and then people can just connect to my IP and see what is in index.html?

If
your router is portforwarded for TCP 80
the server is listening on 0.0.0.0
No firewalls are in the way
Then it will be publically accessible. To make it only available on local host you should host on 127.0.0.1
httpd = ServerClass(("127.0.0.1", 80), HandlerClass)
Edit: the other answer posted this good link, didn't see until after posting: Is it possible to run python SimpleHTTPServer on localhost only?

People should be able to connect to your public IP without problem. It would be a little more complex if you want to give access only from localhost:
Is it possible to run python SimpleHTTPServer on localhost only?

python -m SimpleHTTPServer - Listening on 0.0.0.0:8000 but “Page Not Found”

When I use this code
python -m SimpleHTTPServer
it is showing
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...
But page is not displaying.
When I used the port 80
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80
it is working.
How to enable the port 8000
Anyone can help me with solution to this.
When I am using my own IP its working but in ssh connection port 8000 is not working only port 80 is working

http://0.0.0.0:8000
Should do the work.
The default port when browsing HTTP from a Web-Browser is 80. If you want to browser from a different port you have to specify it after the site address with leading colon.

You have to specify the port in your browser (80 is the default port)
Try http:\0.0.0.0:8000\ instead of http:\0.0.0.0\

I used to change my cloud server settings
I gave permission to access ports 7000-9000
Now it is working

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?

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!

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

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.

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'.

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

create a directory e.g. mkdir HTTPServer_dir
move inside the folder cd HTTPServer_dir
typing the command (according to python version) python -m SimpleHTTPSever 8000
(or the port you want)
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

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

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/

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.

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

This worked for me on Windows 8. Did not download any software!
In cmd:
Go to the directory that your file is in.
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".

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