#!/usr/bin/python import BaseHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPServer class RequestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler): def do_GET(self): """Immediately shutdown on any GET request.""" self.send_response(200) self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/plain') self.end_headers() self.wfile.write('Stopping...\r\n') print 'shutting down' self.server.shutdown() def main(): """Start a simple http server.""" httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('', 8081), RequestHandler) httpd.serve_forever() if __name__ == '__main__': main()