# create a file named index.html
# and insert links to every html file in the
# directory that was passed as a command line argument
import sys
import os
from pathlib import Path
# check if the user supplied the correct number of command line arguments
arglen = len(sys.argv)
if arglen !=2 and arglen != 4:
print("Usage: python index.py htmlfilesdirectory [--listen] [port]")
sys.exit(1)
listen = False
port = "8000"
if arglen == 4:
if sys.argv[2] == "--listen":
listen = True
port = sys.argv[3]
else:
print("Usage: python index.py htmlfilesdirectory [--listen] [port]")
sys.exit(1)
# set the directory from the command line argument
dir = sys.argv[1]
# create a file named index.html inside the directory that was passed as a command line argument
outfile = open(dir + "/index.html", "w")
#write a tag to the file
outfile.write("")
# insert links to every html file in the
# directory that was passed as a command line argument
# Files that start with "page" should be the first ones in the list
for file in sorted(os.listdir(dir)):
if file.endswith(".html"):
# skip index.html
if file == "index.html":
continue
# write the link to the html file
# extract the text inside the title tag in the html file as a string
title = Path(dir + "/" + file).read_text().split("")[1].split("")[0]
# write the link to the html file. The link text should be the text inside the title tag
# and the link should be relative to the index.html file (same directory)
outfile.write("" + title + "
")
# close the file
#write a tag to the file
outfile.write("")
outfile.close
# wait 1 second
import time
time.sleep(1)
fullpath = os.path.abspath(dir)
if listen:
# run a simple python http server to serve the files using SimpleHTTPServer
# the server will serve files from the directory that was passed as a command line argument
# the server will run in the background
import subprocess
subprocess.Popen(["python3", "-m", "http.server", port, "--directory", fullpath], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)