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Asked: 2026-05-23T05:20:42+00:00

I want to extend SimpleHTTPRequestHandler and override the default behavior of do_GET() . I

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I want to extend SimpleHTTPRequestHandler and override the default behavior of do_GET(). I am returning a string from my custom handler but the client doesn’t receive the response.

Here is my handler class:

DUMMY_RESPONSE = """Content-type: text/html

<html>
<head>
<title>Python Test</title>
</head>

<body>
Test page...success.
</body>
</html>
"""

class MyHandler(CGIHTTPRequestHandler):

    def __init__(self,req,client_addr,server):
        CGIHTTPRequestHandler.__init__(self,req,client_addr,server)

    def do_GET(self):
        return DUMMY_RESPONSE

What must I change to make this work correctly?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Something like (untested code):

    def do_GET(self):
    self.send_response(200)
    self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
    self.send_header("Content-length", len(DUMMY_RESPONSE))
    self.end_headers()
    self.wfile.write(DUMMY_RESPONSE)
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