How to stop BaseHTTPServer.serve_forever() in a BaseHTTPRequestHandler subclass?

Question

I am running my HTTPServer in a separate thread (using the threading module which has no way to stop threads...) and want to stop serving requests when the main

Answer 1

import http.server
import socketserver
import socket as sck
import os
import threading


class myserver:
    def __init__(self, PORT, LOCATION):
        self.thrd = threading.Thread(None, self.run)
        self.Directory = LOCATION
        self.Port = PORT
        hostname = sck.gethostname()
        ip_address = sck.gethostbyname(hostname)
        self.url = 'http://' + ip_address + ':' + str(self.Port)
        Handler = http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
        self.httpd = socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler)
        print('Object created, use the start() method to launch the server')
    def run(self):
        print('listening on: ' + self.url )
        os.chdir(self.Directory)
        print('myserver object started')        
        print('Use the objects stop() method to stop the server')
        self.httpd.serve_forever()
        print('Quit handling')

        print('Sever stopped')
        print('Port ' + str(self.Port) + ' should be available again.')


    def stop(self):
        print('Stopping server')
        self.httpd.shutdown()
        self.httpd.server_close()
        print('Need just one more request before shutting down'


    def start(self):
        self.thrd.start()

def help():
    helpmsg = '''Create a new server-object by initialising
NewServer = webserver3.myserver(Port_number, Directory_String)
Then start it using NewServer.start() function
Stop it using NewServer.stop()'''
    print(helpmsg)

Not a experience python programmer, just wanting to share my comprehensive solution. Mostly based on snippets here and there. I usually import this script in my console and it allows me to set up multiple servers for different locations using their specific ports, sharing my content with other devices on the network.