# This is originally from https://github.com/nebstrebor/react-tutorial-simpleserver

# It was modified a bit in the process.

import BaseHTTPServer

import SimpleHTTPServer

import json

import urlparse

class ReactTutorialHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):

"""

Extension of SimpleHTTPRequestHandler that works with the react.js tutorial.

In addition to standard SimpleHTTPServer file-webserver functionality, adds

POST-ability.

USAGE: python server.py to serve files from the cwd

(works the same as running python -m SimpleHTTPServer in the directory)

"""

def do_POST(self):

# (1) get posted data & convert it to python dict

content_length = int(self.headers['Content-Length'])

post_data = dict(urlparse.parse_qsl(self.rfile.read(content_length).decode('utf-8')))

# (2) open the file at the requested URL (404 if bad)

with open(self.translate_path(self.path), 'r+w') as f:

comments = json.loads(f.read())

comments.append(post_data)

f.seek(0, 0)

f.write(json.dumps(comments))

f.truncate()

return self.do_GET()

def test(HandlerClass=ReactTutorialHTTPRequestHandler,

ServerClass=BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer):

BaseHTTPServer.test(HandlerClass, ServerClass)

if __name__ == '__main__':

test()