Python 3: Does http.server support ipv6?

Question

Does http.server (http being a Python 3.x module) support ipv6? For instance, using this command-line code (which starts a webserver):

python -m http.server [port]

Answer 1

Yes, it does. When defining your server, do it like this, as seen here.

import socket
from http.server import HTTPServer

class HTTPServerV6(HTTPServer):
    address_family = socket.AF_INET6

and then listen like this:

server = HTTPServerV6(('::', 8080), MyHandler)
server.serve_forever()