Python Basehttprequesthandler - How to insert correct image path

Question

When I create a Web application in python, but without using Frameworks, just using the Httpserver and Basehttprequesthandler classes, how do I insert an image? That is the code:

https://pastebin.com/W6iPK2P2

In the same directory as my PY file, I have an img folder with the image inside. However, the image does not appear. How should be my variable 'image' for the image to appear correctly?

Answer 1

Good morning. vc has to do a validation of the extension of the files to return the correct minetype follows an ex taken from the net that works:

#!/usr/bin/python
from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler,HTTPServer
from os import curdir, sep

PORT_NUMBER = 8080

#This class will handles any incoming request from
#the browser 
class myHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    
    #Handler for the GET requests
    def do_GET(self):
        if self.path=="/":
            self.path="/index_example2.html"

        try:
            #Check the file extension required and
            #set the right mime type

            sendReply = False
            if self.path.endswith(".html"):
                mimetype='text/html'
                sendReply = True
            if self.path.endswith(".jpg"):
                mimetype='image/jpg'
                sendReply = True
            if self.path.endswith(".gif"):
                mimetype='image/gif'
                sendReply = True
            if self.path.endswith(".js"):
                mimetype='application/javascript'
                sendReply = True
            if self.path.endswith(".css"):
                mimetype='text/css'
                sendReply = True

            if sendReply == True:
                #Open the static file requested and send it
                f = open(curdir + sep + self.path) 
                self.send_response(200)
                self.send_header('Content-type',mimetype)
                self.end_headers()
                self.wfile.write(f.read())
                f.close()
            return


        except IOError:
            self.send_error(404,'File Not Found: %s' % self.path)

try:
    #Create a web server and define the handler to manage the
    #incoming request
    server = HTTPServer(('', PORT_NUMBER), myHandler)
    print 'Started httpserver on port ' , PORT_NUMBER
    
    #Wait forever for incoming htto requests
    server.serve_forever()

except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print '^C received, shutting down the web server'
    server.socket.close()
    

source: https://github.com/tanzilli/playground/blob/master/python/httpserver/example2.py

another way is to return the jpg as binary in the image endswitch would look like this for jpg

if self.path.endswith(".jpg"):
    f = open(applicationPath + '/' + self.path, 'rb')
    self.send_response(200)
    self.send_header('Content-type','image/jpg')
    self.end_headers()
    self.wfile.write(f.read())
    f.close()
    return