http_server.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
   # Python Network Programming Cookbook -- Chapter - 4
   # This program is optimized for Python 2.7.
   # It may run on any other version with/without modifications.
   # Requires pyOpenSSL and SSL packages installed
import socket, os
from SocketServer import BaseServer
from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer
from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
from OpenSSL import SSL
   

class SecureHTTPServer(HTTPServer):
  def __init__(self, server_address, HandlerClass):
    BaseServer.__init__(self, server_address, HandlerClass)
    ctx = SSL.Context(SSL.SSLv23_METHOD)
    fpem = 'server.pem' # location of the server private key and the server certificate
    ctx.use_privatekey_file (fpem)
    ctx.use_certificate_file(fpem)
    self.socket = SSL.Connection(ctx,
    socket.socket(self.address_family, self.socket_type))
    self.server_bind()
    self.server_activate()
  
class SecureHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
  def setup(self):
    self.connection = self.request
    self.rfile = socket._fileobject(self.request, "rb", self.rbufsize)
    self.wfile = socket._fileobject(self.request, "wb", self.wbufsize)
  
  def run_server(HandlerClass = SecureHTTPRequestHandler,
                ServerClass = SecureHTTPServer):
    server_address = ('', 4443) # port needs to be accessible by user
    server = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)
    running_address = server.socket.getsockname()
    print "Serving HTTPS Server on %s:%s ..." %(running_address[0], running_address[1])
    server.serve_forever()
    if __name__ == '__main__':
      run_server()