Challenge
Understand the HTTP protocol and low-level network programming by coding a functional web server from scratch in C++, able to serve multiple clients and multiple ports simultaneously without blocking.
École 42 ParisDeveloper, École 42 project
Webserv, an HTTP server from scratch in C++
École 42 project, a functional HTTP server coded from scratch in C++: multi-port, multi-client, GET/POST/DELETE requests, media transfers, cookies.
Impact
- Functional HTTP server recoded from scratch in C++
- Multi-port and multi-client, non-blocking (I/O multiplexing)
- GET/POST/DELETE methods, media transfers, cookies
Context
Network project from École 42 Paris, completed in 2023.
What was done
A server able to handle multiple ports and multiple clients in a non-blocking way (I/O multiplexing), to parse HTTP requests, to respond to the GET / POST / DELETE methods, to handle media transfers, cookies and a configuration (routes, ports, limits).
Stack
The technologies used on this mission.
- C++
- HTTP
- Sockets
- Multiplexage d'I/O (poll/epoll)
- CGI
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