Hello Webserv

Types of Configuration

Configuration file setup can have 4 types of entry:

• One value, they represent only one value.

item value;

• Multi value, they represent a list of values separated by ,.

item value1,value2,value3,...,valueN;

• One value map, they represent a key value pair.

item key=value;

• Multi value map, they represent a list of key value pairs separated by ,.

item key1=value1,key2=value2,key3=value3,...,keyN=valueN;

Server Block

The config file can have N server blocks, but they represent the highest level of the config file.
Inside of them you can have:

• One value port, above 1023 and below 65536.

port 4321;

• Multi value names, they will not be checked.

names hello.com,world.com,42.com;

• One value limit, can represent bytes, kilobytes, megabytes or gigabytes.

limit 1024b;
limit 1024KB;
limit 1024mB;

• Multi value map error, represent error code and error file.

error 404=foo.html,500=bar.html;

• One value root, represent the root for the error files.

root /tmp/foo/bar/;

Route Block

The server block can have M route blocks.
Inside of them you can have:

• Multi value index, represent the index files of the route.

index index.html,index.cpp,index.php;

• One value map redirect, represent the redirection of a url.

redirect /foo/bar/=/hello/world/;

• One value root, represent the root of the route.

root /tmp/foobar/;

• Multi value methods, represent the methods of the route, only GET, POST and/or DELETE.

methods DELETE,GET,POST;

• One value listing, represent directory listing for that route.

listing off;

• One value path, represent the url path of the route.

path /;

• Multi value cgi, represent the active cgi of the route, only .py and/or .php.

cgi .php,.py;