Python standard library (http.server) Python
A Python snippet for Python standard library (http.server) that answers requests for /pixel.gif with the empty GIF, decoded once at startup.
Python standard library (http.server) Python
import base64
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
from urllib.parse import urlsplit
GIF = base64.b64decode("R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==")
class PixelHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
if urlsplit(self.path).path != "/pixel.gif":
self.send_error(404)
return
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header("Content-Type", "image/gif")
self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(GIF)))
self.send_header("Cache-Control", "no-store")
self.end_headers()
self.wfile.write(GIF)
ThreadingHTTPServer(("", 8080), PixelHandler).serve_forever()
We ran this snippet and compared the bytes it returned.
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curl -sI http://localhost:8080/pixel.gifOfficial site: Python standard library (http.server)