python -m SimpleHTTPServer - Listening on 0.0.0.0:8000 but http://0.0.0.0:8000/test.html gives “Page Not Found”

Question

After cding to my folder I enter

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

and get

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...

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Answer 1

Try browsing to http://localhost:8000/test.html or http://127.0.0.1:8000/test.html (those two should be exactly the same thing as long as your hosts file isn't all crazy-like).

0.0.0.0 is usually used by Windows as the "Not connected" IP, and can also be used as a sort of wildcard for when dealing with IPs. I am a bit confused at why your HTTP server is trying to host on 0.0.0.0, though. You may need to edit some config files and set that to 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1'.