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Sending http headers with python

I've set up a little script that should feed a client with html.

import socket

sock = socket.socket()
sock.bind(('', 8080))
sock.listen(5)
client, adress = sock.accept()


print "Incoming:", adress
print client.recv(1024)
print

client.send("Content-Type: text/html\n\n")
client.send('<html><body></body></html>')

print "Answering ..."
print "Finished."

import os
os.system("pause")

But it is shown as plain text in the browser. Can you please tell what I need to do ? I just can't find something in google that helps me..

Thanks.

Solution

  • The response header should include a response code indicating success. Before the Content-Type line, add:

    client.send('HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n')

    Also, to make the test more visible, put some content in the page:

    client.send('<html><body><h1>Hello World</body></html>')

    After the response is sent, close the connection with:

    client.close()

    and

    sock.close()

    As the other posters have noted, terminate each line with \r\n instead of \n.

    Will those additions, I was able to run successful test. In the browser, I entered localhost:8080.

    Here's all the code:

    import socket

sock = socket.socket()
sock.bind(('', 8080))
sock.listen(5)
client, adress = sock.accept()

print "Incoming:", adress
print client.recv(1024)
print

client.send('HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n')
client.send("Content-Type: text/html\r\n\r\n")
client.send('<html><body><h1>Hello World</body></html>')
client.close()

print "Answering ..."
print "Finished."

sock.close()