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# Thanks to merlyn for nudging me and giving me this snippet!
use strict;
use HTTP::Daemon;
use CGI;
use Getopt::Long;
use vars qw($VERSION);
$VERSION = '0.55';

$|++;

GetOptions(
    'e=s' => \my $expression,
);

my $host = 'localhost';
my $d = HTTP::Daemon->new(
    LocalAddr => $host,
) or die;

# HTTP::Deamon doesn't return http://localhost:.../
# for LocalAddr => 'localhost'. This causes the
# tests to fail of many machines.
( my $url = URI->new($d->url) )->host($host);
print "$url\n";

my ($filename,$logfile) = @ARGV[0,1];
if ($filename) {
  open DATA, "< $filename"
    or die "Couldn't read page '$filename' : $!\n";
};
#open LOG, ">", $logfile
#  or die "Couldn't create logfile '$logfile' : $!\n";
my $log;
my $body = join "", <DATA>;

sub debug($) {
  my $message = $_[0];
  $message =~ s!\n!\n#SERVER:!g;
  warn "#SERVER: $message"
    if $ENV{TEST_HTTP_VERBOSE};
};

SERVERLOOP: {
  my $quitserver;
  while (my $c = $d->accept) {
    debug "New connection";
    while (my $r = $c->get_request) {
      debug "Request:\n" . $r->as_string;
      my $location = ($r->uri->path || "/");
      my ($link1,$link2) = ('','');
      if ($location =~ m!^/link/([^/]+)/(.*)$!) {
        ($link1,$link2) = ($1,$2);
      };
      my $res;
      if ($location eq '/get_server_log') {
        $res = HTTP::Response->new(200, "OK", undef, $log);
        $log = '';
      } elsif ( $location eq '/quit_server') {
        debug "Quitting";
        $res = HTTP::Response->new(200, "OK", [Connection => 'close'], "quit");
        $quitserver = 1;
      } else {
        eval $expression
            if $expression;
        warn "eval: $@" if $@;
        $log .= "Request:\n" . $r->as_string . "\n";
        if ($location =~ m!^/redirect/(.*)$!) {
            $res = HTTP::Response->new(302);
            $res->header('location', $d->url . $1);
        } elsif ($location =~ m!^/error/notfound/(.*)$! or $location =~ m!^/favicon.ico!) {
            $res = HTTP::Response->new(404, "Not found", [Connection => 'close']);
        } elsif ($location =~ m!^/error/timeout/(\d+)$!) {
            sleep $1;
            $res = HTTP::Response->new(599, "Timeout reached", [Connection => 'close']);
        } elsif ($location =~ m!^/error/close/(\d+)$!) {
            sleep $1;
            $res = undef;
        } elsif ( $location =~ m!^/chunks!) {
            my $count = 5;
            $res = HTTP::Response->new(200, "OK", undef, sub {
               sleep 1;
               my $buf = 'x' x 16;
               return $buf if $count-- > 0;
               return undef; # done
            });
        } elsif ($location =~ m!^/error/after_headers$!) {
            my $count = 2;
            $res = HTTP::Response->new(200, "OK", undef, sub {
               sleep 1;
               my $buf = 'x' x 16;
               return $buf if $count-- > 0;
               die "Planned error after headers";
            });
        } else {
            my $q = $r->content
                    ? CGI->new($r->content )
                    : CGI->new($r->uri->query);

            # Make sticky form fields
            my ($query,$botcheck_query,$query2,$session,%cat);
            $query = defined $q->param('query') ? $q->param('query') : "(empty)";
            $botcheck_query = defined $q->param('botcheck_query') ? $q->param('botcheck_query') : "(empty)";
            $query2 = defined $q->param('query2') ? $q->param('query2') : "(empty)";
            $session = defined $q->param('session') ? $q->param('session') : 1;
            %cat = map { $_ => 1 } (defined $q->param('cat') ? $q->param('cat') : qw( cat_foo cat_bar ));
            my @categories = map { $cat{$_} ? "checked" : "" } qw( cat_foo cat_bar cat_baz );
            my $headers = CGI::escapeHTML( $r->headers->as_string );
            
            my $rbody = sprintf $body,$headers, $location,$session,$query,$botcheck_query,$query2,@categories;
            $res = HTTP::Response->new(200, "OK", [
                  'Set-Cookie' => $q->cookie(-name => 'log-server-httponly',-value=>'supersecret', -discard => 1, -httponly=>1),
                  'Set-Cookie' => $q->cookie(-name => 'log-server',-value=>'shazam2', -discard=>1,),
                  'Cache-Control' => 'no-cache',
                  'Pragma' => 'no-cache',
                  'Max-Age' => 0,
                  'Connection' => 'close',
                  'Content-Length' => length($rbody),
              ], $rbody);
            $res->content_type('text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1');
            debug "Request " . ($r->uri->path || "/");
        };
      };
      debug "Response:\n" . $res->as_string
          if $res;
      eval {
        $c->send_response($res)
            if $res;
      };
      if (my $err = $@) {
          debug "Server raised error: $err";
          if ($err !~ /^Planned error\b/) {
              warn $err;
          };
          $c->close;
      };
      if (! $res) {
          $c->close;
      };
      last if $quitserver;
    }
    sleep 1;
    undef($c);
    last SERVERLOOP
      if $quitserver;
  }
};
END { debug "Server stopped" };

# The below <link> tag should stop the browser from requesting a favicon.ico, but we still see it...
__DATA__
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>WWW::Mechanize::Firefox test page</title>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="#">
<style>
.hidden { display: none; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Request headers</h1>
<pre id="request_headers">
%s
</pre>
<h1>Location: %s</h1>
<p>
  <a href="/test">Link /test</a>
  <a href="/foo">Link /foo</a>
  <a href="/slash_end">Link /</a>
  <a href="/slash_front">/Link </a>
  <a href="/slash_both">/Link in slashes/</a>
  <a href="/foo1.save_log_server_test.tmp">Link foo1.save_log_server_test.tmp</a>
  <a href="/foo2.save_log_server_test.tmp">Link foo2.save_log_server_test.tmp</a>
  <a href="/foo3.save_log_server_test.tmp">Link foo3.save_log_server_test.tmp</a>
  <table>
    <tr><th>Col1</th><th>Col2</th><th>Col3</th></tr>
    <tr><td>A1</td><td>A2</td><td>A3</td></tr>
    <tr><td>B1</td><td>B2</td><td>B3</td></tr>
    <tr><td>C1</td><td>C2</td><td>C3</td></tr>
  </table>
  <a id="maplink" href="/imageclick" target="_self">
     <img id="ismap"
     ismap="ismap"
     src="data:image/png;base64,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"
     onclick="storeCoordinates(event)" />
  </a>
  <form name='f' action="/formsubmit" method="GET">
    <input type="hidden" name="session" value="%s"/>
    <input type="text" name="query" value="%s"/>
    <input type="text" name="botcheck_query" class="hidden" value="%s"/>
    <input type="image" name="submit_image" value="Go_img" id="submit_button_image" />
    <input type="text" name="query2" value="%s"/>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go" id="submit_button" />
    <input type="checkbox" name="cat" value="cat_foo" %s />
    <input type="checkbox" name="cat" value="cat_bar" %s />
    <input type="checkbox" name="cat" value="cat_baz" %s />
  </form>
</p>
</body>
</html>