C HTTP Server

Here is an HTTP Server written in C. It support browsing through HTML files and also handlers. The browsing works with an abstract hashtable, key is the URL and value is a structure containing a file or a handler. The handler is a function pointer returning a dynamically generated HTML file.

It all began from a Youtube video shared by a friend (here). I wanted to do mine, and push it further :)

Execution

git clone https://github.com/HashDG/http-server.git
cd http-server
make
./http-server

Start Firefox and visit 127.0.0.1:1080

Adding content

By default, HTML files have to be put in the http_ressources folder, you can put all the files you need as long as it's indexed in the MIME database.

Furthermore, if you want to add handlers :

write your handler in session.c as a function. Warning it has to follow this signature char * handler(char*,char**)
add your handler in the load_handlers function following the example of simple_handler

CGI

In any folder, you can add CGI files. Make sure to make them .cgi file. I tested only C compiled CGI, any compiled file which write on standard output should work.

NOTE: in testing CGI seems slow

TODO

Arguments for handlers
More methods for handlers
CSS support
Configuration file