import http.server
import threading
import functools
import time

# Example simple http server as thread

class SilentHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):

    def log_message(self, format, *args, **kwargs):
        # do any logging you like there
        pass

class MyHttpServerThread(threading.Thread):

    def __init__(self, address=("0.0.0.0",8000), target_dir="."):
        super().__init__()
        self.address = address
        self.target_dir = "."
        self.server = http.server.HTTPServer(address, functools.partial(SilentHandler, directory=self.target_dir))
        self.start()

    def run(self):
        self.server.serve_forever(poll_interval=1)

    def stop(self):
        self.server.shutdown() # don't call from this thread

# test

if __name__ == "__main__":
    http_server = MyHttpServerThread()
    time.sleep(10)
    http_server.stop()
    print("done")