Http server for testing different http issues

http_server.py

#!/usr/bin/python
from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler,HTTPServer

PORT_NUMBER = 8080

class myHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        self.send_response(500)
        self.send_header('Content-type', 'application/json')
        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write("{}")
        print 'got GET request'

try:
    server = HTTPServer(('', PORT_NUMBER), myHandler)
    print 'Started httpserver on port ' , PORT_NUMBER

    server.serve_forever()

except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print '^C received, shutting down the web server'
    server.socket.close()