tarball_httpd

Serves directories as .TARs (tarball archives) over http - to be downloaded by a web browser

• tarball_httpd extends pythons http.server/SimpleHTTPServer to serve directories as tarballs
• the goal is to do this without creating the tarball in memory at one time
• as much code as possible has been borrowed from python3's http.server

Todo

• doublecheck for XSS, LFI, directory traversal vulnerabilities
• add more supported archive files: zip, non compressed zip, gz/gz2, ..
• test on bsd, mac and windows

Install

% pip install tarball_httpd

Usage

% python -m tarball_httpd
  Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 (http://0.0.0.0:8000/) ...

% python -m tarball_httpd 12345 --bind 127.0.0.1 --directory /tmp
  Serving HTTP on 127.0.0.1 port 12345 (http://127.0.0.1:12345/) ..

% python -m tarball_httpd -h
  usage: tarball_httpd.py [-h] [--bind ADDRESS] [--directory DIRECTORY] [port]

  positional arguments:
    port                  Specify alternate port [default: 8000]

  optional arguments:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
    --bind ADDRESS, -b ADDRESS
                        Specify alternate bind address [default: all interfaces]
    --directory DIRECTORY, -d DIRECTORY
                        Specify alternative directory [default:current directory]

Usage without installation

% git clone git@github.com:zrthstr/tarball_httpd.git
% cd tarball_httpd
% ./tarball_httpd.py
  Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 (http://0.0.0.0:8000/) ...

Testing

% ./tests/test.sh

License

This project is licensed under the PSF License - see the LICENSE file for details

Authors and Acknowledgments

Largs parts of its code are based on or copied from python3/lib/http/server

tarball_httpd was written by zrth1k@gmail.com