HTTP Server

A simple HTTP server and client implementation in C++.

Features

• Basic HTTP server
• Client-server communication
• Serves static HTML content

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Egzavyer/http-server.git

2. Build the project:

   cd http-server
   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake .. -G "MinGW Makefiles"
   mingw32-make

Usage

• Start the Server:

  ServerExecutable.exe

  or

  ./ServerExecutable

  Go to http://localhost:8080/

• Run the Client:

  ClientExecutable.exe

  or

  ./ClientExecutable

Project Structure

http-server/
├── client/          # Client-side code
├── common/          # Common utilities
├── server/          # Server-side code
├── public/         # Static HTML files
├── CMakeLists.txt   # CMake configuration
└── README.md        # Project description

TODO

• Put methods that can be made static in a util.cpp file

• Put frequently reused headers in the common.h file or delete the common class

• Handle multiple connections using threads (connection.cpp)

• Make the parsing of POST request body more reusable (util.cpp)

• Handle response Content-Type header more efficiently (httpHandler.cpp)

• Handle bigger or incomplete requests (httpParser.cpp)

• Handle chunked Transfer-Encoding (httpParser.cpp)

• Handle GET request for favicon.ico (httpParser.cpp)

• Refactor for best practices

• Optimize

• Comment code

• Figure out what license project falls under and add it

• Make project on different machines

• Testing