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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# mserve.py: A Python media server.
+# See https://github.com/cellularmitosis/mserve.py
+
+# Copyright 2023 Jason Pepas.
+# Released under the terms of the MIT license.
+# See https://opensource.org/license/mit/
+
+# Note: certain video files aren't supported via HTML5 <video>.
+# To open these files directly using e.g. VLC, use LinCastor to associate
+# a custom URL scheme to a bit of shell script.
+# - Download and install LinCastor https://onflapp.github.io/blog/pages/LinCastor.html
+# - Register the URL scheme `vlc-file://`
+# - Associate it with the following bit of shell:
+#     open -a VLC "http://$URL_VALUE"
+
+import sys
+import os
+import datetime
+import re
+import json
+import http.server
+import mimetypes
+
+#
+# HTTP / HTML utils
+#
+
+# Detect iPhone/iPad (or macos Safari).
+# We would like to detect just iPhone/iPad, but unfortunately iPads return
+# a desktop User-Agent, so we can't distinguish between iPad vs macOS/Safari.
+def is_ios_or_macos_safari(handler):
+    user_agent = handler.headers['User-Agent']
+    if 'iPhone' in user_agent:
+        return True
+    elif 'Safari' in user_agent and 'Chrome' not in user_agent:
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+def is_macos_or_ipad(handler):
+    user_agent = handler.headers['User-Agent']
+    return 'Macintosh' in user_agent
+
+def is_chrome(handler):
+    user_agent = handler.headers['User-Agent']
+    return 'Chrome' in user_agent
+
+# Break an url_path down into componentized hyperlinks.
+def make_url_path_links(url_path):
+    if url_path == '/':
+        return 'mserve'
+    html = ''
+    url = ''
+    chunks = url_path.split('/')
+    for chunk in chunks[:-1]:
+        if chunk == '':
+            url = '/'
+            html = '<a href="/">mserve</a>'
+        else:
+            url = make_url_path(url, chunk)
+            html += '&nbsp;/&nbsp;<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (url, chunk)
+    html += '&nbsp;/&nbsp;%s' % chunks[-1]
+    return html
+
+# Given '/foo?bar=42, return ['/foo', {'bar':42}]
+def parse_GET_path(path_query):
+    if '?' not in path_query:
+        path_part = path_query
+        query_dict = {}
+    else:
+        path_part, query_part = path_query.split('?')
+        # Thanks to https://wsgi.tutorial.codepoint.net/parsing-the-request-get
+        # Note: parse_qs will return an array for each item, because the user might
+        # have set a value more than once in the query string.  We'll go with the
+        # last value of each array.
+        query_dict = {}
+        for k, v in urllib.parse.parse_qs(query_part).items():
+            query_dict[k] = v[-1]
+    # drop any superfluous trailing slashes
+    while path_part[-1] == '/' and len(path_part) > 1:
+        path_part = path_part[:-1]
+    return [path_part, query_dict]
+
+# Parse a simple Range header.
+#   'Range: 0-' -> (0, None)
+#   'Range: 1-2' -> (1, 2)
+#   'Range: -3' -> (0, 3)
+#   otherwise -> None
+def parse_range_header(handler):
+    # only single ranges are supported.
+    header = handler.headers.get('Range', None)
+    if header is None:
+        return None
+    if not header.startswith('bytes='):
+        raise Exception("Unsupported Range header format")
+    try:
+        (start, end) = header.split('=')[1].split('-')
+        if start == '':
+            start = 0
+        else:
+            start = int(start)
+        if end == '':
+            end = None
+        else:
+            end = int(end)
+        return (start, end)
+    except:
+        raise Exception("Unsupported Range header format")
+
+# Make newlines conform to HTTP spec.
+def rnlines(body):
+    return body.replace('\n', '\r\n')
+
+# Send text/plain.
+def send_text(handler, code, body):
+    handler.send_response(code)
+    data = rnlines(body).encode()
+    handler.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8')
+    handler.send_header('Content-Length', len(data))
+    handler.end_headers()
+    handler.wfile.write(data)
+
+# Send 'Bad request'
+def send_400(handler, message):
+    send_text(handler, 400, "Bad request: %s" % message)
+
+# Send 'Not found'.
+def send_404(handler):
+    send_text(handler, 404, "Not found")
+
+# Send 'Requested range not satisfiable'.
+def send_416(handler):
+    send_text(handler, 416, "Requested range not satisfiable")
+
+# Send 'Internal server error'.
+def send_500(handler, message):
+    send_text(handler, 500, "Internal server error: %s" % message)
+
+# Send text/html.
+def send_html(handler, code, body):
+    handler.send_response(code)
+    data = rnlines(body).encode()
+    handler.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=UTF-8')
+    handler.send_header('Content-Length', len(data))
+    handler.end_headers()
+    handler.wfile.write(data)
+
+# Send the contents of a file.
+def send_file(handler, fpath, is_head):
+    def send_whole_file(handler, fd, content_type, file_size):
+        content_length = file_size
+        handler.send_response(200)
+        handler.send_header('Content-Length', "%s" % content_length)
+        handler.send_header('Content-Type', content_length)
+        handler.send_header('Accept-Ranges', 'bytes')
+        handler.end_headers()
+        if is_head:
+            return
+        chunk_size = 64 * 1024
+        while True:
+            chunk = fd.read(chunk_size)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            handler.wfile.write(chunk)
+
+    def send_partial_file(handler, fd, content_type, file_size, range_header):
+        # See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Range_requests
+        content_length = file_size
+        (start, end) = range_header
+        if file_size == 0 or (end is not None and end >= file_size):
+            send_416(handler)
+            return
+        if start != 0:
+            fd.seek(start)
+            content_length -= start
+        if end is None:
+            end = file_size - 1
+        else:
+            content_length = end - start + 1
+        handler.send_response(206)
+        handler.send_header('Content-Range', 'bytes %s-%s/%s' % (start, end, file_size))
+        handler.send_header('Content-Length', "%s" % content_length)
+        handler.send_header('Content-Type', content_type)
+        handler.send_header('Accept-Ranges', 'bytes')
+        handler.end_headers()
+        if is_head:
+            return
+        remaining = content_length
+        while remaining > 0:
+            chunk_size = 64 * 1024
+            if chunk_size > remaining:
+                chunk_size = remaining
+            chunk = fd.read(chunk_size)
+            remaining -= len(chunk)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            handler.wfile.write(chunk)
+
+    if not os.path.exists(fpath):
+        send_404(handler)
+        return
+    try:
+        range_header = parse_range_header(handler)
+    except:
+        send_400("Unsupported Range header format")
+        return
+    try:
+        content_type = get_content_type(fpath)
+        file_size = os.path.getsize(fpath)
+        fd = open(fpath, 'rb')
+        if range_header is None:
+            send_whole_file(handler, fd, content_type, file_size)
+        else:
+            send_partial_file(handler, fd, content_type, file_size, range_header)
+        fd.close()
+    except BrokenPipeError:
+        pass
+    except ConnectionResetError:
+        pass
+    except Exception as e:
+        send_500(handler, "%s" % e)
+        raise e
+
+#
+# Routing
+#
+
+g_static_routes = {}
+g_regex_routes = []
+
+# Find the function for a route.
+def route(handler):
+    url_path = handler.path.split('?')[0]
+    method = handler.command
+    fn = None
+    fn_dict = g_static_routes.get(url_path, None)
+    if fn_dict:
+        fn = fn_dict.get(method, None)
+    if fn:
+        sys.stderr.write("Using static route %s\n" % url_path)
+        return fn
+    for (method_i, label, regex, fn) in g_regex_routes:
+        if method_i != method:
+            continue
+        m = regex.match(url_path)
+        if m:
+            sys.stderr.write("Using regex route %s for %s\n" % (label, url_path))
+            return fn
+    return None
+
+def add_static_route(http_method, url_path, fn):
+    if url_path not in g_static_routes:
+        g_static_routes[url_path] = {}
+    g_static_routes[url_path][http_method] = fn
+
+def add_regex_route(http_method, label, regex, fn):
+    g_regex_routes.append([http_method, label, regex, fn])
+
+#
+# HTTP server.
+#
+
+# The core of the webapp.
+def handle_request(handler):
+    then = datetime.datetime.now()
+    fn = route(handler)
+    if fn is None:
+        send_404(handler)
+    else:
+        try:
+            fn(handler)
+        except BrokenPipeError:
+            pass
+        except ConnectionResetError:
+            pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            send_500(handler, "%s" % e)
+            raise e
+    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    elapsed = now - then
+    sys.stderr.write("  Elapsed: %0.3fms\n" % (elapsed.total_seconds() * 1000))
+
+# OOP plumbing.
+class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def do_HEAD(self):
+        handle_request(self)
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        handle_request(self)
+
+    def do_POST(self):
+        handle_request(self)
+
+    def do_PUT(self):
+        handle_request(self)
+
+    def do_PATCH(self):
+        handle_request(self)
+
+    def do_DELETE(self):
+        handle_request(self)
+
+#
+# File utils
+#
+
+# Smash all of the components together to make a /foo/bar/baz path.
+def make_url_path(*args):
+    return '/'.join(args).replace('//','/').rstrip('/')
+
+# Smash all of the components together to make a filesystem path.
+def make_file_path(*args):
+    return os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(make_url_path(*args)))
+
+# Guess the content type.
+def get_content_type(fpath):
+    return mimetypes.guess_type(fpath)[0] or 'application/octet-stream'
+
+# This is a video file?
+def is_video(fpath):
+    exts = [
+        '.avi', '.flv', '.wmv',
+        '.mpg', '.mpeg', '.mp2', '.mp4', '.m4v',
+        '.ogg', '.ogm', '.ogv',
+        '.webm',
+        '.mkv',
+        '.mov',
+    ]
+    return os.path.splitext(fpath)[-1].lower() in exts
+
+# This is a video file supported by HTML <video>?
+def is_html5_video(fpath):
+    exts = [
+        '.mp4', '.m4v',
+        '.ogg', '.ogm', '.ogv',
+        '.webm'
+    ]
+    return os.path.splitext(fpath)[-1].lower() in exts
+
+#
+# mserve configuration via environment
+#
+
+# The directory in which to look for media files.
+g_media_dir = os.environ['HOME'] + '/Movies'
+if 'MSERVE_MEDIA_DIR' in os.environ:
+    g_media_dir = os.environ['MSERVE_MEDIA_DIR']
+
+# The token used to access the themoviedb.org API.
+g_tmdb_token = None
+if 'TMDB_TOKEN' in os.environ:
+    g_tmdb_token = os.env['TMDB_TOKEN']
+
+#
+# mserve disk storage layer
+#
+
+# Find show / directory slugs at the given subpath.
+# A slug is indicated by the presence of an mserve.json file.
+# returns triples of [title, slug, metadata]
+def scan_dir(url_path):
+    triples = []
+    dpath = make_file_path(g_media_dir, url_path)
+    for slug in os.listdir(dpath):
+        json_fpath = make_file_path(g_media_dir, url_path, slug, "mserve.json")
+        if os.path.isfile(json_fpath):
+            try:
+                with open(json_fpath) as fd:
+                    metadata = json.load(fd)
+                    title = metadata.get('title', slug)
+                    triples.append([title, slug, metadata])
+            except Exception as e:
+                sys.stderr.write("parse_mserve_json: exception: %s\n" % e)
+    triples.sort()
+    return triples
+
+# Load the mserve.json if present.
+def parse_mserve_json(url_path):
+    json_fpath = make_file_path(g_media_dir, url_path, "mserve.json")
+    if os.path.isfile(json_fpath):
+        try:
+            with open(json_fpath) as fd:
+                return json.load(fd)
+        except Exception as e:
+            sys.stderr.write("parse_mserve_json: exception: %s\n" % e)
+    return None
+
+# Parse the season and episode number from a filename.
+def parse_filename(fname):
+    episode_pattern = re.compile(".*?-s(\d)+e(\d+)")
+    m = episode_pattern.match(fname)
+    if m and len(m.groups()) == 2:
+        season_num = int(m.group(1))
+        episode_num = int(m.group(2))
+        return [season_num, episode_num, fname]
+    else:
+        return [None, None, fname]
+
+# Scan a show for seasons, episodes and filenames.
+# E.g. [[1,1,'tng-s1e1.mp4'], [1,2,'tng-s1e2.mp4']]
+def scan_for_videos(url_path):
+    video_triples = []
+    dpath = make_file_path(g_media_dir, url_path)
+    episode_triples = []
+    video_triple = []
+    for f in os.listdir(dpath):
+        if not os.path.isfile(make_file_path(g_media_dir, url_path, f)):
+            continue
+        if not is_video(f):
+            continue
+        triple = parse_filename(f)
+        if triple[0] is None:
+            video_triples.append(triple)
+        else:
+            episode_triples.append(triple)
+    episode_triples.sort()
+    video_triples.sort()
+    return episode_triples + video_triples
+
+#
+# /.../:file/player endpoint
+#
+
+def player_endpoint(handler):
+    full_url_path, query_dict = parse_GET_path(handler.path)
+    show_url_path = '/'.join(full_url_path.split('/')[:-2])
+    fname = full_url_path.split('/')[-2]
+    metadata = parse_mserve_json(show_url_path)
+    if metadata is None:
+        send_404(handler)
+        return
+    (season, episode, _) = parse_filename(fname)
+    fpath = make_file_path(show_url_path, fname)
+    content_type = get_content_type(fpath)
+    title = metadata.get('title', fname)
+    body = render_player(show_url_path, title, season, episode, fname, content_type)
+    send_html(handler, 200, body)
+
+add_regex_route(
+    'GET',
+    '/.../:file/player',
+    re.compile('^(\/[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)*\/[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]+\/player$'),
+    player_endpoint
+)
+
+def render_player(show_url_path, title, season, episode, fname, content_type):
+    html = ""
+    html += "<html>\n"
+    html += "<head>\n"
+    html += '<link href="https://vjs.zencdn.net/8.3.0/video-js.css" rel="stylesheet" />'
+    html += "<style>\n"
+    html += "@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { body { background-color: #111; color: white; }}\n"
+    html += "</style>\n"
+    html += "</head>\n"
+    html += "<body>\n"
+    file_url = make_url_path(show_url_path, fname)
+    player_url = make_url_path(file_url, 'player')
+    html += "<h1>%s</h1>\n" % make_url_path_links(player_url)
+    html += "<h2>%s</h2>\n" % title
+    if season is not None and episode is not None:
+        html += "<h3>Season %s, Episode %s</h3>\n" % (season, episode)
+    html += '<video id="my-video" class="video-js" controls preload="auto" width="640" height="480" data-setup="{}">\n'
+    html += '<source src="%s" type="%s" />\n' % (file_url, content_type)
+    html += "</video>\n"
+    html += '<script src="https://vjs.zencdn.net/8.3.0/video.min.js"></script>\n'
+    html += "</body>\n"
+    html += "</html>\n"
+    return html
+
+#
+# /.../:file endpoint
+#
+
+def file_endpoint(handler):
+    url_path, query_dict = parse_GET_path(handler.path)
+    fpath = make_file_path(g_media_dir, url_path)
+    print("fpath: %s" % fpath)
+    is_head = (handler.command == 'HEAD')
+    send_file(handler, fpath, is_head)
+
+add_regex_route(
+    'GET',
+    '/.../:file',
+    re.compile('^(\/[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)*\/[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]+$'),
+    file_endpoint
+)
+add_regex_route(
+    'HEAD',
+    '/.../:file',
+    re.compile('^(\/[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)*\/[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]+$'),
+    file_endpoint
+)
+
+#
+# directory endpoint
+#
+
+def directory_endpoint(handler):
+    url_path, query_dict = parse_GET_path(handler.path)
+    metadata = parse_mserve_json(url_path)
+    if metadata is None:
+        send_404(handler)
+        return
+    if metadata["type"] == "directory":
+        body = render_directory(handler, url_path)
+        send_html(handler, 200, body)
+    elif metadata["type"] == "series" or metadata["type"] == "movie":
+        body = render_show(handler, url_path, metadata)
+        send_html(handler, 200, body)
+    else:
+        send_500("Bad mserve.json")
+
+add_regex_route(
+    'GET',
+    '/...',
+    re.compile('^((\/[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)+|\/)$'),
+    directory_endpoint
+)
+
+def render_directory(handler, url_path):
+    html = ""
+    html += "<html>\n"
+    html += "<body>\n"
+    html += "<h1>%s</h1>\n" % make_url_path_links(url_path)
+    triples = scan_dir(url_path)
+    if len(triples):
+        html += "<ul>\n"
+        for triple in triples:
+            title, slug, metadata = triple
+            url = make_url_path(url_path, slug)
+            html += '<li><a href="%s">%s</a></li>\n' % (url, title)
+        html += "</ul>\n"
+    html += "</body>\n"
+    html += "</html>\n"
+    return html
+
+def render_show(handler, url_path, metadata):
+    def render_links(fname):
+        file_url = make_url_path(url_path, fname)
+        player_url = make_url_path(url_path, fname, 'player')
+        inet_url = "http://%s:%s%s" % (handler.server.server_name, handler.server.server_port, file_url)
+        vlc_callback_url = "vlc-x-callback://x-callback-url/stream?url=%s" % inet_url
+        vlc_file_url = "vlc-file://%s:%s%s" % (handler.server.server_name, handler.server.server_port, file_url)
+        links = []
+        if is_html5_video(fname):
+            link = '<a href="%s">player</a>' % player_url
+            links.append(link)
+        if is_ios_or_macos_safari(handler):
+            link = '<a href="%s">vlc</a>' % vlc_callback_url
+            links.append(link)
+        if is_macos_or_ipad(handler):
+            link = '<a href="%s">vlc-file</a>' % vlc_file_url
+            links.append(link)
+        link = '<a href="%s">file</a>' % file_url
+        links.append(link)
+        html = '[ %s ]' % ' | '.join(links)
+        return html
+
+    html = ""
+    html += "<html>\n"
+    html += "<body>\n"
+    html += "<h1>%s</h1>\n" % make_url_path_links(url_path)
+    if 'title' in metadata:
+        html += '<h2>%s</h2>\n' % metadata['title']
+    video_triples = scan_for_videos(url_path)
+    if len(video_triples):
+        html += "<ul>\n"
+        current_season = None
+        for video_triple in video_triples:
+            season_num, episode_num, fname = video_triple
+            if season_num != current_season:
+                html += "</ul>\n"
+                if season_num is None:
+                    html += '<h3>Other videos</h3>\n'
+                else:
+                    html += '<h3>Season %s</h3>\n' % season_num
+                html += "<ul>\n"
+            current_season = season_num
+            if episode_num is not None:
+                item_name = "Episode %s" % episode_num
+            else:
+                item_name = fname
+            links_html = render_links(fname)
+            html += '<li>%s %s</li>\n' % (item_name, links_html)
+        html += "</ul>\n"
+    html += "</body>\n"
+    html += "</html>\n"
+    return html
+
+#
+# main
+#
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    port = 8000
+    address_pair = ('', 8000)
+    server = http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer(address_pair, Handler)
+    sys.stderr.write("Listening on port %s\n" % port)
+    server.serve_forever()