Server always returns index.html instead of 404

README.md

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ You'll need an http server in order to run this.
 
 If you have node.js and [npm](https://npmjs.com/) available, you can run `npm install http-server` and then run `http-server`. Now you can open https://localhost:8080 in your browser.
 
-If you are on Mac OSX you can also run `python -m SimpleHTTPServer` in the project directory. Now open https://localhost:8000 in your browser.
+If you are on Mac OSX you can also run `python server.py` in the project directory. Now open https://localhost:8000 in your browser.
 
 If you use any other server and serve this in a subdirectory, make sure to set the appropriate value in the `<base>` tag on `index.html`
 

server.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import SimpleHTTPServer, SocketServer
+import os
+
+PORT = 8000
+
+class MyHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+ def do_GET(self):
+ """Return the requested file if it exists otherwise return index.html"""
+ if os.access('.' + os.sep + self.path, os.R_OK):
+ SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.do_GET(self);
+ else:
+ self.send_response(200)
+ self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html')
+ self.end_headers()
+ self.wfile.write(open('index.html').read())
+
+httpd = SocketServer.TCPServer(('', PORT), MyHandler)
+httpd.serve_forever()