HTTP 1.1 Server

A simple HTTP 1.1 server built from scratch to understand the fundamentals of the HTTP protocol.

What is this?

This project implements a basic HTTP 1.1 server that:

• Handles HTTP requests and responses manually
• Parses HTTP headers and request methods
• Multi threaded client connections
• Serves static content from 'www' directory

Build & run

git clone https://github.com/msh31/http-server.git
cd http-server

mkdir build
cd build

cmake ..
cmake --build .

../http-server.exe
OR
.././http-server

The server will load any files in the www/* directory, given they are HTML/CSS/JS and or PNG/JPEGS

Credits

This implementation follows the tutorial by The Medium (loosely)

• GitHub Repository