httphere

#!/bin/sh
#
# @author JC <https://github.com/joncutrer>
# @version 0.1.1
# @license MIT
#
#
# A quick and easy way to serve up files from a directory
# using a simple http server built into python
#
#
#

# Check if python3 is installed
py3_bin=`which python3`

# Check if python3 is installed
py2_bin=`which python`

# Decide which version to use (prefer Python 3)
if [ -z "$py3_bin" ]; then
        py3=0
else
        py3=1
        py_ver=3
        py_bin=$py3_bin
fi

if [ -z "$py2_bin" ]; then
        py2=0     
else        
        py2=1
        py_ver=2
        py_bin=$py2_bin      
fi 

if [ -z "$py_bin" ]; then
        echo "Python no installed or could not be located"
        exit
fi


if [ $py_ver == 3 ]; then
        echo "Now serving Files from '`pwd`' via http, press Ctrl+c to exit."
        echo ""
        $py_bin -m http.server 8000
        exit
fi

if [ $py_ver == 2 ]; then
        $py_bin -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
fi