Xebec-Server

Simple HTTP Server in C++

This is a simple HTTP server implementation written in C++ using the Winsock API for Windows.

Features

• Supports basic HTTP GET and POST requests.
• Handles static routes and dynamic routes with parameters.
• Parses query parameters from the URL.
• Sends HTML responses with appropriate headers.
• Provides basic error handling and graceful shutdown.

Dependencies

• Windows: Winsock API
• Unix-like systems: None (standard POSIX sockets are used)

Usage

1. Clone the repository:

2. Compile the code:

• For Windows, you may need to link against the Winsock library.
• For Unix-like systems, standard POSIX sockets are used, so no additional linking is required.

3. Run the compiled executable: g++ -o http.exe http.cpp -lws2_32 -std=c++17 I used GCC here.

By default, the server listens on port 4119. You can change the port by modifying the start() function call in the main() function.

Adding Routes

Routes can be added using the get() and post() methods of the http_server class. For example:

int main() {

    http_server server;

    server.publicDir("public");

    server.get("/", [](Request& req, Response& res) {
        //send the html file
        res.html("index.html");
    });

    server.get("/about", [](Request& req, Response& res) {
        res.status_code(301) << "About page";
    });

    server.get("/contact", [](Request& req, Response& res) {
        res << "Contact page";
    });

    server.post("/post", [](Request& req, Response& res) {
        res << "POST request";
    });

    server.post("/post/:id", [](Request& req, Response& res) {
        res << "POST request with id: " << req.params["id"];
    });

    server.get("/json", [](Request& req, Response& res) {
        res.json("{\"name\": \"John\", \"age\": 30, \"city\": \"New York\"}");
    });

    server.start(4119);
    return 0;
}