HTTP Server in C 💻

This code is a C program that starts an HTTP server using the microhttpd library. The server listens for incoming HTTP requests on port 8888.

Request Handling 📮

When a request is received, the server calls the handle_request function to process the request. The handle_request function first checks the method of the request (e.g. GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH). If the method is not one of these five, the server returns a "Method not allowed!" response.

If the method is allowed, the server creates a response based on the method. For example, if the method is GET, the server creates a response containing the text "[GET] You made a GET request!". The server then sends the response back to the client with a status code of 200 (OK).

Getting started 🚀

• If you just want to run the already compiled version of the program, you can run ./api in the terminal.

1. First, install the microhttpd library by running sudo apt install libmicrohttpd-dev in your terminal.

2. Next, install gcc by running sudo apt install gcc.

3. Use gcc to compile the program by running gcc api.cpp -lmicrohttpd -o api.

4. Run the program by entering ./api in the terminal.

5. To see the result of the GET request, open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8888, or use curl to see the result in the terminal by running curl http://localhost:8888.

6. To see the result of POST, PUT, DELETE, and PATCH requests, use curl to send the request to the server. For example, to send a POST request, run curl -X POST http://localhost:8888 (or use some tool like Postman or Insomnia).

License 📜

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

Acknowledgments 🙏

• microhttpd - The HTTP server library used