fredrikalindh/webserv

Project coding my own HTTP server in C++ according to RFC 7230-7235. Implementing the most common HTTP headers, compressions and nginx-like config file.

Webserv

Project coding a non-blocking HTTP server in C++ according to the RFC specifications 7230-7235. The primary function of a web server is to store, process and deliver web pages to clients. The server will listen on one or more ports for HTTP Request that at a minimum look like this:

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost

Dependencies

Needs cmake to compile. Run cmake . ; make.

Links

• Build a simple HTTP server from scratch
• Guide to network programming
• RFC 7230
• RFC 7231
• Intro to TCP/IP and Sockets
• Matching location blocks
• HTTP Headers

Implemented methods:

• GET
• HEAD
• POST
• PUT
• DELETE

Implemented HTTP Headers:

• Accept-Charsets
• Accept-Language
• Allow
• Authorization
• Content-Language
• Content-Length
• Content-Location
• Content-Type
• Date
• Host
• Last-Modified
• Location
• Referer
• Retry-After
• Server
• Transfer-Encoding
• User-Agent
• WWW-Authenticate

BONUSES:

• workers as processes
• plugins
  • gzip
  • deflate
  • add in config
  • load through terminal
• Make routes work with regexp
• Configure a proxy to an other http/https server