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Start web server from any directory using python python3

Start web server from any directory using python python3

In this article we will see how Start web server from any directory using python python3 (Windows/Mac). For this prerequisite is that python needs to be pre-installed.

A simple python command can let you host a folder containing any site. Navigate to the directory contains the site and run following command.

If you have python 2 then use following command

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8001

If you have python 3 then use following command

python -m http.server 8001

OR

python3 -m http.server 8001

The port option is optional and python will default run the site on 8000 port.

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