manifest.py

# Manifest of files to include in the simple HTTP server.
# Run this script to generate the httpdocs.cpp source file.

manifest = [
    ('/', 'index.html', 'text/html'),

    # 404 error document must be last.
    (None, '404.html', 'text/html'),
]

import json, sys

sys.stdout.write("""/*
 * HTTP Document data.
 * Automatically generated by manifest.py
 */

#include "netserver.h"

NetServer::HTTPDocument NetServer::httpDocumentList[] = {
""")

def quote(str):
    if str is None:
        return 'NULL'
    return json.dumps(str)

for path, filename, contentType in manifest:
    if contentType.startswith('text/'):
        mode = 'r'
    else:
        mode = 'rb'
    data = open(filename, mode).read()
    sys.stdout.write("{ %s, %s, %s },\n" % (quote(path), quote(data), quote(contentType)))

sys.stdout.write("};\n")