HTTP-server-C

A lightweight HTTP server built from scratch in C, designed for educational purposes and to demonstrate fundamental networking concepts.

Features

• Handles basic HTTP GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD requests
• Serves static files from a specified directory
• Implements minimal HTTP request parsing
• Provides appropriate HTTP response headers

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• GCC compiler
• Make utility
• POSIX-compliant operating system (e.g., Linux, macOS)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/LeeBingler/HTTP-server-C.git
   cd HTTP-server-C

2. Build the project

   make

3. Run test

   make test

Usage

Usage: http-server-c [OPTIONS]
Open a web server on PORT with ROOT_DIR as root.
Options:\n"
    -p, --port [PORT]       Specify the port number (default: 8080)
    -r, --root [ROOT_DIR]   Set the root directory (default: ./www)
    --help                  Show this help message
Examples:
    ./my-server -p 8080 -r ./www/

Project Structure

└── HTTP-server-C/
    ├── LICENSE
    ├── Makefile
    ├── README.md
    ├── include
    │   ├── config.h
    │   ├── core
    │   ├── http
    │   ├── request
    │   └── utils
    ├── src
    │   ├── core
    │   ├── http
    │   ├── request
    │   └── utils
    ├── tests
    │   ├── integration
    │   └── run_tests.sh
    └── www

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.