Python 3: Does http.server support ipv6?

Starting with Python 3.8, python -m http.server supports IPv6 (see documentation and bug report with implementation history).

To listen on all all available interfaces:

python -m http.server --bind ::

Python 3.8 is was released on 2019-10-14.

There is a patch to allow IPv6 bind in http.server in Python 3. I tried it, finding it works on my laptop. Please visit https://bugs.python.org/issue24209 for more info. Or just do as following:

Add the lines after + to the file /your/path/to/python/Lib/http/server.py. Please note lines without + are the original code of server.py.

    server_address = (bind, port)

+   if ':' in bind:
+       ServerClass.address_family = socket.AF_INET6
+        
    HandlerClass.protocal_version = protocol    
    httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)

Then try:

python -m http.server -b *your-ipv6-addr* *your-port*

Yes, it does. When defining your server, do it like this, as seen here.

import socket
from http.server import HTTPServer

class HTTPServerV6(HTTPServer):
    address_family = socket.AF_INET6

and then listen like this:

server = HTTPServerV6(('::', 8080), MyHandler)
server.serve_forever()