''' From : http://code.activestate.com/recipes/442473-simple-http-server-supporting-ssl-secure-communica/ SimpleSecureHTTPServer.py - simple HTTP server supporting SSL. - replace fpem with the location of your .pem server file. - the default port is 443. usage: python SimpleSecureHTTPServer.py ''' import socket, os from SocketServer import BaseServer from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler from OpenSSL import SSL class SecureHTTPServer(HTTPServer): def __init__(self, server_address, HandlerClass): BaseServer.__init__(self, server_address, HandlerClass) ctx = SSL.Context(SSL.SSLv23_METHOD) #server.pem's location (containing the server private key and #the server certificate). fpem = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/server.pem" ctx.use_privatekey_file (fpem) ctx.use_certificate_file(fpem) self.socket = SSL.Connection(ctx, socket.socket(self.address_family, self.socket_type)) self.server_bind() self.server_activate() def shutdown_request(self,request): request.shutdown() class SecureHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler): def setup(self): self.connection = self.request self.rfile = socket._fileobject(self.request, "rb", self.rbufsize) self.wfile = socket._fileobject(self.request, "wb", self.wbufsize) def test(HandlerClass = SecureHTTPRequestHandler, ServerClass = SecureHTTPServer): server_address = ('', 443) # (address, port) httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass) sa = httpd.socket.getsockname() print("Serving HTTPS on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "...") httpd.serve_forever() if __name__ == '__main__': test()