sslserver

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Serve a directory over SSL with a temporary self-signed certificate.

import http.server
import ssl
import sys
import tempfile
import subprocess

DEFAULT_ADDRESS = 'localhost'
DEFAULT_PORT = 4000;

def generate_certificate(path):
    args = ['openssl', 'req', '-new', '-x509', '-keyout', path, '-out', path,
            '-days', '365', '-nodes', '-subj', '/C=US']

    print('Generating certificate with:', ' '.join(args))
    subprocess.check_call(args,
            stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)

    return path

def main(argv):
    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.pem') as certfile:
        generate_certificate(certfile.name)

        address = (DEFAULT_ADDRESS, DEFAULT_PORT)
        server = http.server.HTTPServer(
                address, http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)

        server.socket = ssl.wrap_socket(server.socket,
                certfile=certfile.name, server_side=True)

        print('Listening on:', address[0], 'Port:', address[1])
        server.serve_forever()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))