Simple HTTP Server Example¶
A simplified version of the C++ example Simple HTTP Server Example
# Copyright (C) 2020 Mikhail Svetkin <mikhail.svetkin@gmail.com>
# Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause
from __future__ import annotations
"""PySide6 port of the /httpserver/afterrequest from from Qt"""
import sys
from PySide6.QtCore import QCoreApplication
from PySide6.QtNetwork import QHttpHeaders, QTcpServer
from PySide6.QtHttpServer import QHttpServer
def route(request):
return "Hello world"
def after_request(request, response):
headers = response.headers()
headers.append(QHttpHeaders.WellKnownHeader.WWWAuthenticate,
'Basic realm="Simple example", charset="UTF-8"')
response.setHeaders(headers)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QCoreApplication(sys.argv)
httpServer = QHttpServer()
httpServer.route("/", route)
httpServer.addAfterRequestHandler(httpServer, after_request)
tcpServer = QTcpServer()
if not tcpServer.listen() or not httpServer.bind(tcpServer):
print("Server failed to listen on a port.", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(-1)
port = tcpServer.serverPort()
print(f"Running on http://127.0.0.1:{port}/ (Press CTRL+\\ to quit)")
sys.exit(app.exec())