reporting server

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modules/web.py

@@ -1,25 +1,46 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+# This is a simple web server that serves up the content of the webRoot directory
+# The reporting data is all that is currently being served up
+# TODO - add interaction to mesh?
+# to use this today run it seperately and open a browser to http://localhost:8420
 
-SSL = False
-PORT = 8008 # python3 -m http.server 8008
-
+import os
 import http.server
+
+# Set the port for the server
+PORT = 8420
+
+# set webRoot index.html location
+webRoot = "../etc/www"
+
+# Set to True to enable logging sdtout
+webServerLogs = False
+
+# Generate with: openssl req -new -x509 -keyout server.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes
+SSL = False
+
 if SSL:
     import ssl
 
+# disable logging
+class QuietHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def log_message(self, format, *args):
+        if webServerLogs:
+            super().log_message(format, *args)
+
+# Change the current working directory to webRoot
+os.chdir(webRoot)
+
 # boot up simple HTTP server
-httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(('127.0.0.1', PORT), http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
+httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(('127.0.0.1', PORT), QuietHandler)
 
 if SSL:
-    # Generate with: openssl req -new -x509 -keyout server.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes
     ctx = ssl.create_default_context(ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH)
     try:
         ctx.load_cert_chain(certfile='./server.pem')
     except FileNotFoundError:
         print("SSL certificate file not found. Please generate it using the command provided in the comments.")
         exit(1)
-    #ctx.load_cert_chain(certfile='server.crt', keyfile='server.key')
     httpd.socket = ctx.wrap_socket(httpd.socket, server_side=True)
 
-
 httpd.serve_forever()