python -m http.server giving invalid syntax

[echowit]

This should say it all:


According to all the X3DOM literature this should be a simple do.

Python was installed successfully in my 'site' directory which also holds my index.html file.

Caveat: I do not wish to become a server SW engineer, I just wanna use X3D's <inline> function.

[nilamo]

Your image isn't working. Can you just copy/paste whatever's in the terminal?

[wavic]

Python 2 or Python 3?
Which version do you have installed?

For Python 2 the module is called SimpleHTTPServer. So it is going to be:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Python 3:

python3 -m http.server

[echowit]

Thanks for the reply.

My V is 3.6.5 and either way (python or python3) the return is:

file "<stdin>", line 1
python3 -m http.server 8000
(up caret under the 'p') ((Alt 94 doesn't work?)
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I tried

import http.server

and it ran OK seemingly.

help(hhtp.server)

ran OK too (hard to get out of tho).

I don't know . . .

[nilamo]

file "<stdin>", line 1
python3 -m http.server 8000
(up caret under the 'p') ((Alt 94 doesn't work?)
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

python [...etc] should be run from the command line/terminal, not from an interactive python session.

[echowit]

D'oh! Been too many years since my command line days. Gotta crawl back out of that Window.

'preciate the prompt reply, Localhost is playimg nice and the X3D <inline> link is working great.