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Hi,

I'm new to the addon developpment for kodi and I'm currently trying to work on an addon that has to host files on a http server.
As Kodi features a HTTP server for the web interface, I figured I could use this one instead of bringing in a new one (because of the possible port conflict and in order to not have to embed a http file server in my plugin). But I can't find a lot of information about the embedded http server in kodi and how it would be possible to use it for my purpose.

Is it possible to achieve that ?
If not, could you point me in the right direction, to use a lightweight http server in my addon ?

I'm working with kodi running on xbian, on a raspberry pi 2.

Thanks,
Regards.

Python standard library includes several network servers for different purposes. Naturally, they are not powerful enough (and not secure enough) to host heavy-load web-sites with thousands of users, but they are quite capable to support your addon's web-UI with a couple of users if you need one.