#Modifed SimpleHTTPServer which returns cookies passed on the request import SimpleHTTPServer import logging cookieHeader = None class MyHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler): def do_GET(self): self.cookieHeader = self.headers.get('Cookie') SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.do_GET(self) def end_headers(self): self.send_my_headers() SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.end_headers(self) def send_my_headers(self): self.send_header('Cookie', self.cookieHeader) if __name__ == '__main__': SimpleHTTPServer.test(HandlerClass=MyHTTPRequestHandler)