proxy_server.py

try:
    import SimpleHTTPServer
    import SocketServer
except ImportError:
    import socketserver as SockServer
    import http.server as SimpleHTTPServer

import urllib


class Proxy(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        self.copyfile(urllib.urlopen(self.path), self.wfile)


class ProxyServer():
    '''Class used to invoke a simple test HTTP Proxy server'''
    def __init__(self):
        self.proxy_port = 1337
        self.proxy_host = 'localhost'

        self.proxyd = None

    def run_proxy(self):
        '''Starts Instance of Proxy in a TCPServer'''
        #Setup Proxy in thread
        self.proxyd = SocketServer.TCPServer(
            (self.proxy_host, self.proxy_port),
            Proxy
        ).serve_forever()
        # Start Proxy Process
        print(
            "serving at port %s on PID %s " %
            (self.proxy_port, self.proxyd.pid)
        )

    def get_proxy_url(self):
        return "http://%s:%s" % (self.proxy_host, self.proxy_port)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    from test import daemon

    daemon.daemonize()
    daemon.createPid()

    proxy = ProxyServer()
    proxy.run_proxy()