Support http.server passing bind address via commend line argument

[malteswart]

BPO	17764
Nosy	@orsenthil, @bitdancer, @berkerpeksag
Files	http-server-bind-arg.patch: Add --bind, -b option to http.server module http-server-bind-arg2.patch: Updated patch + Documentation update

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labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'Support http.server passing bind address via commend line argument'
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[malteswart]

The http.server supports a shortcut to start it directly via the interpreter. To be able to use this shortcut on server with insecure interfaces, this patch adds a --bind, -b option to specify a bind address.

[berkerpeksag]

I left comments on Rietveld. The patch also needs a documentation update.

[malteswart]

I have updated the patch and added a paragraph for this option to the documentation.

Shall I add this issue to the changelog list for python 3.4.0 alpha 1?

[bitdancer]

Thanks for proposing this and working on it Malte. Could you please submit a contributor agreement? (http://www.python.org/psf/contrib).

We will add the Misc/NEWS entry when we commit the patch; that file changes so rapidly that any patch to it quickly becomes outdated. You could add an entry to Doc/whatsnew/3.4, though, if you were so moved. If not we'll add that too when we commit.

For the doc patch, I think the first sentence would be clearer if it said "By default the server binds to all available interfaces." I'll probably tweak a couple other words for better English phrasing when I commit it, as well.

[python-dev]

New changeset a248655c8261 by Senthil Kumaran in branch 'default':
Expose --bind argument for http.server, enable http.server to bind to a user
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a248655c8261

[orsenthil]

Found the patch suitable and had addressed Berker Pesag's review comments too. Thanks for contributing, Malte Swart and thanks for submitting the contributor agreement too.