Servers

The HTTP server provides a simple request/response API. This gives you a lightweight way to build web applications or APIs.

`serve_http(endpoint)`

httpx

>>> website = """
...     <html>
...         <head>
...             <style>
...                 body {
...                     font-family: courier;
...                     text-align: center;
...                     padding: 3rem;
...                     background: #111;
...                     color: #ddd;
...                     font-size: 3rem;
...                 }
...             </style>
...         </head>
...         <body>
...             <div>hello, world</div>
...         </body>
...     </html>
... """

>>> def hello_world(request):
...     content = httpx.HTML(website)
...     return httpx.Response(200, content=content)

>>> with httpx.serve_http(hello_world) as server:
...     print(f"Serving on {server.url} (Press CTRL+C to quit)")
...     server.wait()
Serving on http://127.0.0.1:8080/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

>>> website = """
...     <html>
...         <head>
...             <style>
...                 body {
...                     font-family: courier;
...                     text-align: center;
...                     padding: 3rem;
...                     background: #111;
...                     color: #ddd;
...                     font-size: 3rem;
...                 }
...             </style>
...         </head>
...         <body>
...             <div>hello, world</div>
...         </body>
...     </html>
... """

>>> async def hello_world(request):
...     content = httpx.HTML(website)
...     return httpx.Response(200, content=content)

>>> async with httpx.serve_http(hello_world) as server:
...     print(f"Serving on {server.url} (Press CTRL+C to quit)")
...     await server.wait()
Serving on http://127.0.0.1:8080/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

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