python-parrot

parrot is a simple HTTP server that responds to any valid GET request with the file specified on the command line.

It is useful during testing (e.g. to mock out a server application), or to do client testing. Both text and binary files are handlded correctly.

Its only dependency is the excellent python-magic library for mime type guessing. It works on Python 3.

$ pip install python-parrot

Usage

$ parrot port filename

The following arguments are required:

• port: Port to listen on
• filename: Filename of the data to send in response to all requests

Sample

Start the parrot server:

$ echo 'This is a test' > test.txt
$ parrot 8000 test.txt
parrot/1.0.0 listening on 0.0.0.0:8000 with file test.txt (text/plain)

In another terminal (assuming 10.1.1.1 is a valid IP on the server):

$ echo 'GET /anything HTTP/1.0' | nc 10.1.1.1 8000
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Server: parrot/1.0.0 Python/3.4.2
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 00:27:56 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain

This is a test