client-server.py

import http.server, ssl
import sys
from functools import partial

if __name__ == "__main__":

  """
  def __main__
  HTTP(S) Webserver in Python that serves the required assets for the HTML5 Client
  """

  # Address where the resources are hosted
  ADDRESS = ("127.0.0.1", 8000)

  # Parse input
  if len(sys.argv) == 1:
    argument = "http"
  elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
    argument = sys.argv[1].lower()
  else:
    raise ValueError("Unknown arguments specified")

  # Failed..
  if argument not in ["http", "https"]:
    raise ValueError("Specify either HTTP or HTTPS")

  # Map request to the client directory
  requestHandler = partial(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, directory=".")

  # Create the server
  httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(ADDRESS, requestHandler)

  # Wrap HTTP socket in SSL using specified certfiles
  if argument == "https":
    httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket(
      httpd.socket,
      server_side=True,
      certfile="./ssl/localhost.crt",
      keyfile="./ssl/localhost.key",
      ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS
    )

  httpd.serve_forever()