webserv

A 42 project about HTTP

⚠️ Warning: It is educational project.

⚠️ Warning: You can take inspiration from it but don't copy / paste what you don't understand.

Install

Two way to use it :

• run make if you want to launch the server on your computer or if you don't have docker installed.
• From the root of the software, launch ./starters/build_run.sh. You will then be in a docker container.
  To launch the server inside the container you can do a classic make,
  or launch ./starters/start_webserv.sh ressources/config/worpress.conf to run a server where wordpress and mysql is running.

Content

• A simple HTTP server.
• There is a '--help' option which will guide you.
• There is a default configuration file fully commented ressources/config/webserv.conf.
• The accepted methods are GET POST HEAD and DELETE.
• You will find a Dockerfile and scripts to launch the server inside of a container.

Resources

• https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.2?topic=designs-using-poll-instead-select <-Different API explanation
• https://www.restapitutorial.com/httpstatuscodes.html <-HTTP Return status
• https://medium.com/from-the-scratch/http-server-what-do-you-need-to-know-to-build-a-simple-http-server-from-scratch-d1ef8945e4fa <-HTTP Server tuto

CGI:

• http://speed.eik.bme.hu/help/html/Special_Edition-Using_CGI/ch1.htm <- Introduction to CGI
• http://www.whizkidtech.redprince.net/cgi-bin/tutorial <- CGI basics
• https://jkorpela.fi/forms/cgic.html <- CGI programming tutorial
• https://www.garshol.priv.no/download/text/http-tut.html <- HTTP and CGI explained

Reactor pattern:

• http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/PDF/reactor-siemens.pdf

The Norm

💤 TODO 💤

• Nothing to be done.

💥 Known bugs.. I mean features 💥

• No bugs has been reported.