Runawebserverwithpython

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

you get the message Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...

access via http://127.0.0.1:8000 in the browser

(index or not)

local=

import sys
import BaseHTTPServer
from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
HandlerClass = SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
ServerClass  = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer
Protocol     = "HTTP/1.0"
if sys.argv[1:]:
   port = int(sys.argv[1])
else:
   port = 8000
server_address = ('127.0.0.1', port)
HandlerClass.protocol_version = Protocol
httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)
sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
print "Serving HTTP on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "..."
httpd.serve_forever()

To change the address that is used, change the line 'server_address' assignment:

 server_address = ('127.0.0.1', port)

for example:

 server_address = ('123.45.67.89', port)