How to limit to specific directory access on Python simplehttpserver

Question

Currently if I go to " http://localhost:8035/ ", I can see and have access to all the files, including root directory, client_files directory, and server_files directory(ie I have access to all files, folders, and all its subdirectories, etc).

Goal: I want to limit the file access to only the files in the client_files directory. Is there a way to do that with the current code I have?

Current Directory Structure:

Current Code (run_server.py - located in root directory):

from http.server import HTTPServer, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler

class CORSRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def end_headers(self):
        self.send_header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
        self.send_header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET')
        self.send_header('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate')
        return super(CORSRequestHandler, self).end_headers()

def func_run_server(url, port):
    httpd = HTTPServer((url, port), CORSRequestHandler)
    httpd.serve_forever()

func_run_server('localhost', 8035)

Answer 1

The SimpleHTTPRequestHandler serves the directory stack below the directory from which the server is running. The simplest solution is

import os
curD = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
os.chdir(os.path.join(curD, “client_files”))

before you start the server. Added bonus: you can run the script from anywhere and it won't be sensitive to the directory from which it was launched.