This project focuses on understanding and implementing fundamental aspects of HTTP servers, including handling HTTP request syntax, managing TCP connections for client-server communication, and providing basic functionalities such as serving files, handling user-agent requests, and echoing client input.
- GET Requests: Serve files from a specified directory.
- POST Requests: Accept data from clients to create or update files.
- User-Agent Requests: Retrieve and respond with the User-Agent header from incoming requests.
- Echo Requests: Echo back specified content from client requests.
- Error Handling: Return appropriate HTTP status codes (e.g., 404 Not Found, 500 Internal Server Error) for different error scenarios.
To use the HTTP server, follow these steps:
- Clone the Repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/http-server-python.git
cd http-server-python
- Run the Server
python http_server.py [directory_path]
Replace [directory_path] with the absolute path to the directory where files should be stored and retrieved.
Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to contribute to this project, please follow these steps:
- Fork the repository.
- Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/improvement).
- Make your changes.
- Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new feature').
- Push to the branch (git push origin feature/improvement).
- Create a new Pull Request.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.