cadquerycodes/cadquery-server/examples/serve_viewer.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Serve the repository and open the static STL viewer for a given file.

Usage:
  python serve_viewer.py --file cylinder.stl --port 8000
"""
import http.server
import socketserver
import webbrowser
import argparse
import os

p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Serve repo and open static STL viewer')
p.add_argument('--file', '-f', default='cylinder.stl', help='STL filename to load (relative to repo root)')
p.add_argument('--port', '-p', type=int, default=8000)
args = p.parse_args()

cwd = os.getcwd()
viewer_url = f'http://localhost:{args.port}/examples/viewer_stl.html?file={args.file}'

Handler = http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
with socketserver.TCPServer(("", args.port), Handler) as httpd:
    print(f"Serving {cwd} at http://localhost:{args.port}")
    print(f"Opening viewer: {viewer_url}")
    webbrowser.open(viewer_url)
    try:
        httpd.serve_forever()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print('\nStopping server')
        httpd.server_close()