http - Is it possible to run python SimpleHTTPServer on localhost only?

Question

I have a vpn connection and when I'm running python -m SimpleHTTPServer, it serves on 0.0.0.0:8000, which means it can be accessed via localhost and via my real ip. I don't want robots to scan me and interested that the server will be accessed only via localhost.

Is it possible?

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 127.0.0.1:8000  # doesn't work.

Any other simple http server which can be executed instantly using the command line is also welcome.

Answer 1

In Python versions 3.4 and higher, the http.server module accepts a bind parameter.

According to the docs:

python -m http.server 8000

By default, server binds itself to all interfaces. The option -b/--bind specifies a specific address to which it should bind. For example, the following command causes the server to bind to localhost only:

python -m http.server 8000 --bind 127.0.0.1

New in version 3.4: --bind argument was introduced.