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🌐 Python HTTP Server with Custom Logging

This project is a simple Python HTTP server that serves files over the network and logs the access of each device in a clear format:

  • ✅ Detects client IP
  • ✅ Assigns a name based on config.json
  • ✅ Logs: time, name, IP, requested file, HTTP code
  • ✅ Does not use the old log format (clean output!)
  • ✅ Device configuration and logging is managed through the Config Editor (a graphical user interface for editing configurations)

📁 Project Structure

project/
├── server.py          # main server script
├── config.json        # configuration for IP addresses and port
├── server_log.txt     # automatically generated detailed log
├── config_editor.py   # script to edit config.json via UI
├── README.md          # this guide
└── (your files)       # HTML/CSS/JS served by the server

⚙️ Configuration

config.json

{
  "host": "192.168.1.49",
  "port": 8080,
  "ip_to_name": {
    "xxx.xxx.1.171": "mobile",
    "xxx.xxx.1.49": "pc"
  }
}
  • host: IP address on which the server runs
  • port: port (e.g., 8080)
  • ip_to_name: mapping IP to device names

🛠️ Config Editor - Configuration Editing

For convenient editing of IP addresses and device configurations, the project includes a simple Config Editor (config_editor.py). This script provides a graphical interface that allows you to:

  • Add, edit, or remove devices and their associated IP addresses.
  • View the current configuration of devices assigned to IP addresses.
  • Save the modified settings to the config.json file.

How to use Config Editor:

  1. Run the script config_editor.py:

    python config_editor.py

  2. A simple graphical interface will open, where you can:

    • Add a new device: Enter the IP address and device name.
    • Edit an existing device: Select a device from the list and modify its IP or name.
    • Remove a device: Select a device and delete it.

  3. After each change, the new configuration will automatically be saved to config.json.

🚀 Starting the Server

  1. Make sure you have Python 3 installed.
  2. In the project directory, run:
python server.py
  1. Open your browser and go to:
http://192.168.1.49:8080

(replace with your IP and port)

📝 Log Example

xxx.xxx.1.49 - kok - - [21/Apr/2025 13:30:44] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
xxx.xxx.1.49 - kok - - [21/Apr/2025 13:30:46] code 404, message File not found
xxx.xxx.1.49 - kok - - [21/Apr/2025 13:30:46] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404

💡 Notes

  • Logs are saved to server_log.txt
  • The old logging format is completely disabled (no "192.168.x.x - -")
  • HTML and other files should be placed in the same directory as server.py
  • Config Editor allows managing devices easily without manually editing config.json.

🔧 In future updates

  • Admin interface for viewing logs in the browser
  • 404 error notifications
  • Log search functionality
  • Logging into different files based on the device

ver.:2.0.0

Denis Varga 😀 denisvarga.eu