Nishant Raw HTTP Server

Low-level HTTP/1.1 server built directly on top of Bun.listen() TCP sockets. This repository is maintained by Nishant Gaurav under the codewithevilxd identity.

Owner

• GitHub: https://github.com/codewithevilxd
• Email: codewithevilxd@gmail.com
• Website: https://nishant-http-server.vercel.app
• Portfolio: https://nishantdev.space

Features

• Incremental HTTP request parsing over raw TCP sockets
• Proper request line and header validation
• Content-Length body support
• Branded JSON routes for /, /health, /about
• POST /echo route for quick payload testing
• Bun test suite and TypeScript typecheck support

Scripts

bun install
bun run start
bun run test
bun run typecheck

Additional helpers:

bun run start:udp
bun run inspect:asset

Routes

• GET / returns project metadata and supported routes
• GET /health returns a simple health response
• GET /about returns owner details
• POST /echo echoes the request body back to the client

Example

curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/
curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/health
curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/about
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8080/echo -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -d "hello from nishant"

Notes

• The TCP server always responds with Connection: close
• Request bodies are decoded as UTF-8 text
• Sample raw requests live in src/assets/