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I'm trying to write a simple server in python. I'm trying to import a few modules:

from http.server import HTTPServer
from http.server import SimpleHTTPServer

Because the doc says it has been moved.

But it gives me this error : from http.server import SimpleHTTPServer ImportError: cannot import name 'SimpleHTTPServer'

And without SimpleHTTPServer I can't use SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, as it is defined in SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.

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asked Feb 19, 2020 at 17:34
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    The SimpleHTTPServer was moved to be the module http.server. You want to use the request handler class BaseHTTPRequestHandler. From the docs. Commented Feb 19, 2020 at 17:37
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    If you're using Python 3 it's probably best to refer to those docs, not the ones for Python 2. Commented Feb 19, 2020 at 17:38
  • This question is similar to: What is the Python 3 equivalent of "python -m SimpleHTTPServer". If you believe it’s different, please edit the question, make it clear how it’s different and/or how the answers on that question are not helpful for your problem. Commented Jul 5, 2025 at 2:24

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The SimpleHTTPServer module was moved to be the module http.server. So the command is:

python3 -m http.server

Also, the new SimpleHTTPRequestHandler object is BaseHTTPRequestHandler.

answered Feb 19, 2020 at 17:42
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My solution was:

python -m http.server

If I type python3 on the console is printed "Python not found". (I'm on Windows)

answered Aug 10, 2022 at 10:48

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