upgrade server script to allow host specification

Author: copelco

tools/server

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+import http.server
+import socketserver
+import argparse
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Simple development HTTP server')
+parser.add_argument('--host', help='host to listen on', default="localhost")
+parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, help='port to listen on', default=8001)
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    Handler = http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
+    print(args)
+    httpd = socketserver.TCPServer((args.host, args.port), Handler)
+    print("serving at", args.host, args.port)
+    httpd.serve_forever()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()