Invoke Python SimpleHTTPServer from command line with no cache option

Question

On Windows 7, I am using the command line

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8888

to invoke a simple web server to serve files from a directory, for development.

The problem is that the server seems to keep the files in cache. Old versions of files are served despite newer ones being available.

Is there a way to specify the "no cache" option from the command line directly?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12193803/invoke-python-simplehttpserver-from-command-line-with-no-cache-option

Answer 1

I suggest that you press Ctrl+F5 when refreshing the browser.

Just ran into this, it can just might be the thing you are looking for (it's in ruby, by the way)