Python 3: Does http.server support ipv6?

Question

Does http.server (http being a Python 3.x module) support ipv6? For instance, using this command-line code (which starts a webserver):

python -m http.server [port] 

Answer 1

Starting with Python 3.8, python -m http.server supports IPv6 (see documentation and bug report with implementation history).

To listen on all all available interfaces:

python -m http.server --bind :: 

Python 3.8 is was released on 2019-10-14.

Answer 2

Yes, it does. When defining your server, do it like this, as seen here.

import socket from http.server import HTTPServer  class HTTPServerV6(HTTPServer):     address_family = socket.AF_INET6 

and then listen like this:

server = HTTPServerV6(('::', 8080), MyHandler) server.serve_forever()