How to use SimpleHTTPServer

Prerequisite:- 

Linux flavor OS
python installed

What is SimpleHTTPServer :-

The SimpleHTTPServer module that comes with Python is a simple HTTP server. The SimpleHTTPServer provides standard GET and HEAD request handlers. With SimpleHTTPServer you can turn any directory in your system into your web server directory.

If you installed python, you don't have anything to install or configure. It is built in HTTP server with python.
If you don't install python use below apt-get command to install it first,

sudo apt-get install python

How to use it :-

Start the server by using below command (which is start with default HTTP port- 8000),

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

If you need to start the server by specifying the port. You need to used below command format,

python -m SimpleHTTPServer [port]

Sample command below,

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8085

 How to share a directory and files :-

First you need to cd (change directory) as you wish.

$ cd /home/pradeepa/shareDirectory/

Now you can start the SimpleHTTPServer in current directory and wish to have access via browser,

/shareDirectory $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8085

Just after hit enter you can see below massage,

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8085 ...

Click your favorite browser and type any of following addresses,

http://localhost:8085/
http://127.0.0.1:8085/
http://your_ip_address:8085/

Now you can listed all the directories and files.

Happy sharing with python  SimpleHTTPServer .

 Reference:-

[1] https://docs.python.org/2/library/simplehttpserver.html

Useful curl:// commands in WSO2 Identity Server

Background of curl:// :-

March-20-1998 to be curl's birthday. Curl is recursive acronym "Curl URL Request Library " and some times call backronym. You can refer more details regarding curl in this official site[1]. Further you can download everything-curl.pdf file in same site.

[1] https://curl.haxx.se/

Prerequisite:- 

java 1.7 or above
WSO2 IS 5.2.0(still [December 7, 2016] latest version)

You can used curl command to different scenarios in WSO2 IS.

First example using curl for SCIM(System for Cross-domain Identity Management ) user creation in primary and secondary user store.

Primary User Store:-
curl -v -k --user admin:admin --data "{"schemas":[],"name":{"familyName":"Wickramasinghe","givenName":"Pradeepa"},"userName":'Pradeepa',"password":"qazwsx"}" --header "Content-Type:application/json" https://localhost:9443/wso2/scim/Users

Secondary User Store:-
curl -v -k --user admin:admin --data "{"schemas":[],"name":{"familyName":"Wickramasinghe","givenName":"Pradeepa"},"userName":'VIRTUSA.COM/Pradeepa',"password":"qazwsx"}" --header "Content-Type:application/json" https://localhost:9443/wso2/scim/Users

Further is it possible to create OAuth2 access token using curl://.

For this you need to create service provider using WSO2 IS management console. Refer WSO2 document for more details [2].

[2] https://docs.wso2.com/display/IS520/Session+Management+with+Playground

According to the Oauth 2.0 specification available four grant types. Those are,

1. Authorization Code
2. Implicit
3. Password(Resource Owner Password Credentials)
4. Client Credentials

Below we use two grant type to create OAuth token using curl.

password:-
curl --user  EFT1_0yv2HL84MYtH_wUtuh8Enga:x2QHCl9_OGzfGc0qZpSmSGfTp9Ua -k -d "grant_type=password&username=virtusa.com/Pradeepa&password=qazwsx&scope=openid" -H  "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" https://localhost:9443/oauth2/token

client credentials:-
curl -u  EFT1_0yv2HL84MYtH_wUtuh8Enga:x2QHCl9_OGzfGc0qZpSmSGfTp9Ua -k -d "grant_type=client_credentials" -H  "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" https://localhost:9443/oauth2/token

Refresh token usage

sample curl command format,

curl -k -d "grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token=<refresh_token>" -H "Authorization: Basic <Base64Encoded(Client_Id:Client_Secret)>" -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" https://localhost:9443/oauth2/token

Access token Revoke

sample curl command format,

curl -X POST --basic -u "<client id>:<client secret>" -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8" -k -d "token=<token to revoke>&token_type_hint=access_token" https://localhost:9443/oauth2/revoke