import sys
import http.server

HandlerClass = http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
ServerClass  = http.server.HTTPServer
Protocol     = "HTTP/1.0"

if sys.argv[1:]:
    port = int(sys.argv[1])
else:
    port = 8080
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()

'''
Python older Versions

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

HandlerClass.protocol_version = Protocol
httpd = ServerClass(('127.0.0.1', port), HandlerClass)

sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
print "Serving files on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "..."
httpd.serve_forever()
'''