#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Probe common localhost ports for running HTTP dev servers. Outputs JSON: [{"port": N, "url": "http://localhost:N", "server": ""}, ...] Usage: python detect_dev_servers.py python detect_dev_servers.py --ports 3000,5173,8000 python detect_dev_servers.py --host localhost --ports 8080 """ import argparse import json import socket import sys import urllib.request DEFAULT_PORTS = [3000, 3001, 4200, 5000, 5173, 5500, 8000, 8080, 8888, 9000] def is_port_open(host: str, port: int, timeout: float = 0.3) -> bool: with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s: s.settimeout(timeout) try: s.connect((host, port)) return True except (socket.timeout, ConnectionRefusedError, OSError): return False def probe_http(url: str, timeout: float = 0.5) -> str | None: """Return a short hint about the server (e.g. its Server header), or None.""" try: req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "detect_dev_servers"}) with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as resp: server = resp.headers.get("Server", "") return server or "http" except Exception: return None def main() -> int: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) parser.add_argument( "--ports", default=",".join(str(p) for p in DEFAULT_PORTS), help="Comma-separated port list", ) parser.add_argument("--host", default="localhost") args = parser.parse_args() try: ports = [int(p.strip()) for p in args.ports.split(",") if p.strip()] except ValueError as err: print(f"ERROR: bad --ports value: {err}", file=sys.stderr) return 2 results = [] for port in ports: if is_port_open(args.host, port): url = f"http://{args.host}:{port}" hint = probe_http(url) if hint is not None: results.append({"port": port, "url": url, "server": hint}) print(json.dumps(results, indent=2)) return 0 if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main())