Kotlin/Native web server

A simple proof of concept of Kotlin/Native app with a web server inside (C interop for libmicrohttpd). Libmicrohttpd is linked statically so the output executable file shouldn't require any external dependency. I've discovered more complex example of libmicrohttpd+Kotlin/Native project here.

Status

• MacOS: ✅
• Linux: ✅
• Windows: ✅

Build requirements

• This is a gradle project with wrapper included, so you only need installed JRE for gradle to be able to run tasks
• Download, build and install libmicrohttpd (I've used MinGW64@MSYS2 for Windows build). Instruction is here. I've used only ./configure; make; make install without any flags or manual configuration.

Build

After installing all requirements:

1. Open src/nativeInterop/libmicrohttpd.def
2. Look through your /usr and /opt dirs (or MSYS2 paths for Windows) for libmicrohttpd installation artifacts, make sure:
   • Path to folder containing microhttpd.h is specified at compilerOpts
   • Path to folder containing libmicrohttpd.a is specified at libraryPaths
3. ./gradlew linkReleaseExecutableNative

Run

After building run ./build/bin/native/releaseExecutable/kotlin-native-web-server.kexe (or whatever executable file is inside). Output:

Server is listening port 8888
Press enter to stop

Open link http://localhost:8888/any-url in browser: