1) Outline

Nitinat is a miniature web server written in Python. Its purpose is to show how page requests, CGI, and other features of real web servers work, so that students will better understand how to use them.

• Version 0: This simple server responds to requests by sending back a "Hello, world" page.
  • nitinat_0.py: server source.
• Version 1: This simple server responds to requests by sending back a page with information about that request.
  • nitinat_1.py: server source.
• Version 2: This server responds to HTTP requests by returning the requested file, or a directory listing if the path given corresponds to a directory.
  • nitinat_2.py: server source.
  • plain.html: a plain sample page without images that the server can return.
• Version 3: This server extends Version 2 with HTTP error codes and path normalization. This version also adds logging.
  • nitinat_3.py: server source.
• Version 4: Adds MIME types to the previous server.
  • nitinat_4.py: server source.
  • test.html: a sample page that the server can return.
  • test.txt: another sample page for the server to return.
  • test.png: an image for the server to return.
• Version 5: This version of the server handles GET requests for CGI scripts.
  • cgiutil.py: utilities for getting data into CGI scripts.
  • nitinat_5.py: server source.
  • testcgi.py: a simple CGI script that echoes the time.
  • testquery.py: a slightly more sophisticated CGI script that echoes query parameters.