Running Web Server with python SimpleHTTPServer
SimpleHTTPServer is a python module that allow you to run web server for static files.
To start web server, run
python -m SimpleHTTPServer
This will start a web server on port 8000.
You will be able to access server in URL
http://SERVER-IP:8000
To stop server, press CTRL + C
To get SimpleHTTPServer run on differnt port, run
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80
This will run SimpleHTTPServer on port 80.
Python 3
Python 3 comes with bult in module http.server, to use it, run
python3 -m http.server
If you want to run on differnt port, specify port number
python3 -m http.server 9001