The following code was written to create custom directory listings for the Abyss Web Server. It attempts to provide an improved example of the included documentation for doing so in Python. However, some modules such as cgi and cgitb are deprecated and should be replaced to modernize this example code even more.
Could some guidance be provided on how to write the following using state-of-the-art techniques limited to using the standard library?
#! /usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Directory Listing Program for Abyss Web Server.
This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
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MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
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For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org/>"""
import cgi
import cgitb
import csv
import datetime
import html
import io
import math
# Public Names
__all__ = (
'KB',
'MIME_TYPE',
'PREFIX',
'main',
'write_header',
'write_body_line',
'bytes_to_str',
'utc_to_local',
'write_footer'
)
# Module Documentation
__version__ = 1, 0, 0
__date__ = datetime.date(2022, 6, 10)
__author__ = 'Stephen Paul Chappell'
__credits__ = 'Aprelium, for providing the inspiration for this program.'
# Symbolic Constants
KB = 1 << 10
MIME_TYPE = 'text/html; charset=utf-8'
PREFIX = '', 'K', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'P', 'E', 'Z', 'Y'
def main():
"""Generate a custom directory listing for Abyss Web Server."""
cgitb.enable()
posted_data = cgi.FieldStorage()
print(f'Content-Type: {MIME_TYPE}\n')
write_header(posted_data['path'].value)
with io.StringIO(posted_data['files'].value, '') as files:
for row in csv.reader(files, csv.excel_tab):
write_body_line(*row)
write_footer()
def write_header(path):
"""Create a mostly static header for the directory listing to follow."""
print(f'''\
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Index of {path}</title>
<style>
table {{
border-style: hidden;
font-family: monospace;
font-size: smaller;
}}
thead {{
background-color: white;
position: sticky;
top: 0;
}}
.name, .size, .date {{
padding-right: 1em;
}}
.size {{
text-align: right;
}}
.size, .date {{
white-space: nowrap;
}}
.special {{
font-style: italic;
font-weight: bold;
}}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h2>Index of {path}</h2>
</header>
<hr>
<main>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Size</th>
<th>Date</th>
<th>MIME Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>''')
def write_body_line(name, url, size, date, mime_type):
"""Create one table row for the current directory/file being processed."""
print(f'''\
<tr>
<td class="name">
<a href="{url}">{html.escape(name)}</a>
</td>
<td class="size">{bytes_to_str(size)}</td>
<td class="date">{utc_to_local(date)}</td>
<td>{mime_type if mime_type else "Directory"}</td>
</tr>''')
def bytes_to_str(size):
"""Convert an item's size in bytes to an easily readable representation."""
size = int(size)
if size:
selector = round(math.log(size, KB) - 0.4)
if selector:
return f'{size / KB ** selector:.2f} {PREFIX[selector]}B'
return f'{size:d} {PREFIX[selector]}B'
return '-'
def utc_to_local(date):
"""Convert the UTC time from the server to be displayed in local time."""
naive = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
utc = naive.replace(tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
local = utc.astimezone()
return local.strftime('%b %d, %Y %H:%M:%S')
def write_footer():
"""Create the document's footer with the current year filled in."""
print(f'''\
</tbody>
</table>
</main>
<hr>
<footer>
Powered by
<span class="special">Abyss Web Server</span>
X1
<br>
Copyright ©
<a href="https://www.aprelium.com">Aprelium</a>
- 2001-{datetime.date.today().year}
</footer>
</body>
</html>''')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
