Tiny Web Server

Description

• Tiny is small, iterative HTTP/1.0 web server.

• Tiny uses the GET method to serve static content (text, HTML, GIF, and JPG files) out of ./ and to serve dynamic content by running CGI programs out of ./cgi-bin. The default page is home.html (rather than index.html) so that we can view the contents of the directory from a browser.

• Tiny is neither secure nor complete, but it gives students an idea of how a real Web server works. Use for instructional purposes only.

How Tiny is Implemented

• The main routine: (1) opens a listening port for connections, then (2) accepts a connection, then (3) serve the client.

• Serving the client is done by: (1) reading the request line and headers, then (2) parsing URI form GET request, then (3) determinig whether it's a static or dynamic and serve it.

• I used suckless coding-style.

How To Use Tiny

1. Compile and run Tiny

git clone https://github.com/Alighorab/Tiny-Web-Server/
cd Tiny-Web-Server
make
./tiny <port> (e.g., 8000)

2. Connect to Tiny

• Using TELNET:

telnet localhost <port>

• Using your web browser:

http://localhost:<port>/

3. Send HTTP requests

• Using TELNET:

• Using your web browser:

Files

• tiny.c: The Tiny server
• lib.{c,h}: I/O and socket-interface functions
• Makefile: Makefile for tiny.c
• home.html: Test HTML page
• godzilla.gif: Image embedded in home.html
• cgi-bin/adder.c: CGI program that adds two numbers
• cgi-bin/Makefile: Makefile for adder.c