# taken from http://www.piware.de/2011/01/creating-an-https-server-in-python/ # generate server.xml with the following command: # openssl req -new -x509 -keyout server.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes # run as follows: # python simple-https-server.py # then in your browser, visit: # https://localhost:4443 import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer import ssl httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('localhost', 4443), SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler) httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket (httpd.socket, certfile='./server.pem', server_side=True) httpd.serve_forever()