Web Server Lab

A simple HTTP Web Server implementation in Python using TCP socket programming. This lab implements a basic web server that handles one HTTP request at a time, serves HTML files, and returns 404 for non-existent resources.

Requirements

• Python 3.x

Files

• webserver.py - The complete web server implementation
• HelloWorld.html - Test HTML file served by the server

How to Run

1. Start the web server:

   python3 webserver.py

2. Open a web browser and navigate to:

   • http://localhost:6789/HelloWorld.html - To view the test page
   • http://localhost:6789/Nonexistent.html - To test 404 response

3. Or use your machine's IP address when testing from another host:

   • http://YOUR_IP:6789/HelloWorld.html

Features

• Listens on port 6789
• Serves static HTML files from the current directory
• Returns 200 OK with file contents for valid requests
• Returns 404 Not Found for non-existent files
• Uses standard HTTP/1.1 response format

Submission

See WebServer_Lab_Submission.docx for the lab report with screenshots demonstrating each step.