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+
+import http.server
+import socketserver
+import os
+import logging
+
+# Configure logging
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+
+COPILOT_HOST = os.getenv("COPILOT_HOST", "0.0.0.0")
+COPILOT_PORT = int(os.getenv("COPILOT_PORT", 8000))
+COPILOT_PATH = "/copilot"
+
+class CopilotRequestHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def do_POST(self):
+        if self.path == COPILOT_PATH:
+            content_length = int(self.headers['Content-Length'])
+            post_data_bytes = self.rfile.read(content_length)
+            post_data_str = post_data_bytes.decode('utf-8')
+
+            logging.info(f"Received data from {self.client_address[0]}: {post_data_str}")
+
+            # In a real scenario, you would pass post_data_str to your AI model
+            # and get a response. For now, we just echo it back.
+            response_text = f"Copilot received: {post_data_str}"
+            
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8')
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(response_text.encode('utf-8'))
+        else:
+            self.send_response(404)
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(b"Not Found")
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        if self.path == "/health":
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8')
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(b"API Helper is running")
+        else:
+            self.send_response(404)
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(b"Not Found")
+
+def run_server(server_class=http.server.HTTPServer, handler_class=CopilotRequestHandler, host=COPILOT_HOST, port=COPILOT_PORT):
+    server_address = (host, port)
+    httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class)
+    logging.info(f"Starting Copilot API helper on http://{host}:{port}{COPILOT_PATH}")
+    logging.info(f"Health check available at http://{host}:{port}/health")
+    try:
+        httpd.serve_forever()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        logging.info("Server shutting down...")
+        httpd.server_close()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run_server()