A HTTP server written in C using POSIX sockets API

• So I was reading about low level network programming, and to deepen my understanding about network programming, and how UNIX handles that, I thought to make TCP server in C from Scratch.

• After I was done with the TCP server, I wanted to grow it even more, and convert it into a HTTP server written in C. It's a fork of the previous TCP server which I made ( baltej223/TCP_in_C )

Quick Look:

Current flow goes as follows

• First a new fresh socket capable of handling IP4 connections is created.
• Then the socket is bound to an address and port using bind(),INADDR_ANYand3000 in this case.
• Then the program starts to listen for new connections.
• When a connection is received, its accepted.
• The request is read from the client file descriptor.
• Its parsed, and understood, served and closed.

Build / Run

make car

car: short form of compile and run

Files

• main.c - TCP server (socket/bind/listen/accept) + request read loop + prints request.
• parser.c / parser.h - header terminator detection + header parsing helpers.
• vector.c / vector.h - a small dynamic vector.
• def.h - small macros / defs.
• Makefile - build/run target.

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