server.py

from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
import mimetypes
import os

class testHTTPServer_RequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        self.send_response(200)

        if self.path == '/files':
            self.send_header('Content-type', 'application/json')
            self.end_headers()

            try:
                from modules.getfiles import get_dir_files_data
                message = get_dir_files_data()
                print(message.replace('\n', '\\n')[:150]+'...')
            except:
                message =  open('data.cache', 'rt').read()

            self.wfile.write(bytes(message, "utf8"))
        else:
            file_path = 'index.html'
            if self.path and self.path != '/':
                file_path = './'+self.path

            if os.path.exists(file_path):
                mimetype = mimetypes.MimeTypes().guess_type(file_path)[0]
                self.send_header('Content-type', mimetype)
                self.wfile.write(open(file_path, 'rb').read())
            else:
                self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')
                self.end_headers()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print('starting server...')
    server_address = ('127.0.0.1', 8080)
    httpd = HTTPServer(server_address, testHTTPServer_RequestHandler)
    print('running server...')
    httpd.serve_forever()