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SimpleHTTPServer Error 404 - "GET /d3/d3.v3.js HTTP/1.1" 404

I am learning D3 and I am trying to set up a local server on a mac machine to host a webpage. I follow these steps

  1. Set up the local server using: python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8888 &
  2. Access the index file using: http://localhost:8888

Here are the problems I am facing.

  • When I try step 2 I get the following messages on terminal

    127.0.0.1 - - [25/Aug/2014 12:14:52] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [25/Aug/2014 12:14:52] code 404, message File not found
127.0.0.1 - - [25/Aug/2014 12:14:52] "GET /d3/d3.v3.js HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [25/Aug/2014 12:14:53] code 404, message File not found
127.0.0.1 - - [25/Aug/2014 12:14:53] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 -

  • When I open the index file directly it does not open via the local web server and instead opens with the following address "file://.../Users/d3_book/index.html" Here is the code (without the html tags) for my index file

    <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>D3 Page Template</title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../d3/d3.v3.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        // D3 code will go here
    </script>
</body>
Solution

  • You say your d3 files are in "../d3/d3.v3.js" but the server is looking for them in /d3/d3.v3.js. Perhaps that could be the source of the error?

    The web server might not be able to access files outside of the directory that it was started in.