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created_at = <Date 2022-03-19.04:25:13.984>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', '3.11']
title = 'SimpleHTTPRequestHandler has hard coded index page list.'
updated_at = <Date 2022-03-21.14:36:32.938>
user = 'https://github.com/myronww'

activity = <Date 2022-03-21.14:36:32.938>
actor = 'ethan.furman'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2022-03-19.04:25:13.984>
creator = 'myronww'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 47063
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['415534', '415535', '415683']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['ethan.furman', 'python-dev', 'myronww']
pr_nums = ['31985']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue47063'
versions = ['Python 3.11']

Activity

1. myronww commented on Mar 19, 2022

   

   myronwwmannequin

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   SimpleHTTPRequestHandler has hard coded index page list in the send_head method. The fixed hard-coded list means that if you want to have a custom index page that is not named "index.htm" or "index.html" then you have to override the send_head method. There is alot of code in send_head so overriding it is not optimal just to have a custom indexer filename.
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3. myronww commented on Mar 19, 2022

   

   myronwwmannequin

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   I am adding a Github PR for this issue.
4. ethanfurman commented on Mar 21, 2022

   

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   index.htm[l] is pretty standard for the name of the index page. What's your use-case for wanting different names? Keep in mind that the word Simple is in the name for a reason.
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6. ezio-melotti

   transferred this issue fromon Apr 10, 2022
7. ethanfurman

   added a commit that references this issue on Jun 23, 2022

   gh-91219: Add an index_pages default list and parameter to SimpleHTTP…

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8. ethanfurman commented on Jun 23, 2022

   

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   Committed into 3.12 code base.
9. ethanfurman

   closed this as completedon Jun 23, 2022
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11. serhiy-storchaka

    added a commit that references this issue on Jun 26, 2022

    Revert 30935 defer bpo45162 to 312 (#94285)

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12. ethanfurman

    added a commit that references this issue on Jan 3, 2023

    gh-91219: http - use subclassing to override index_pages attribute (G…

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13. serhiy-storchaka

    marked Add configurable DirectoryIndex to http.server #76809 as a duplicate of this issue on Aug 13, 2026

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