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I am on a windows 64-bit machine following documentation from https://developers.google.com/docs/api/quickstart/js to use the google docs api. As per the instructions, I've downloaded and installed python 3.8 (from https://www.python.org/downloads/) and have set up the index.html file with the client ID and API key placeholders replaced. After running the command python -m http.server 8000 in the visual studio code terminal and opening http://localhost:8000 in the browser, it says the site can't be reached and localhost is refusing to connect. Would anyone happen to know what the issue is? Thanks.

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I had the same issues and it appeared to be an issue with the default binding. This has been fixed in Python3 using the bind parameter. 

python -m http.server 8000 --bind 127.0.0.1
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  • Unfortunately it still doesn't work - I've attached a screenshot of the terminal in the question and none of the commands seem to work - do I need to do anything other than clicking on the downloaded .exe file to install python? – user11508332 Jan 06 '20 at 08:22
  • or is it an issue I'm using python for 32-bit when I'm on a 64 bit machine? – user11508332 Jan 06 '20 at 08:24
  • have you tried creating a .py file and start it from there or open this server in the python interpreter. Or maybe reinstall it via "pip install http" – MKZ Jan 15 '20 at 08:56