Simple Web Server

UCLA CS130: Winter 2017
Created using Boost C++ Library

Usage

Setup

$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/UCLA-CS130/Please-Hire-Us.git

Dependencies

Boost Library

$ sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

Build and Run

To build and run the web server with a config file named 'config':

$ make
$ ./server config

To clean up (necessary to do before building and running again):

$ make clean

To run all unit tests:

$ make test

To run all unit tests and check coverage:

$ make coverage

To run reverse proxy integration tests:

$ pip install psutil
$ make reverse_proxy_int_test

Source Code Information

Code Layout

• server.cpp: Defines the server class, which initiates and runs the server process
• request.cpp: Defines the request class, representing an HTTP request
• response.cpp: Defines the response class, representing an HTTP response
• request_handler.hpp: The abstract base class for request handling
• request_handler_echo.cpp: Defines the EchoHandler class, which initiates and handles echo requests
• request_handler_static.cpp: Defines the StaticHandler class, which initiates and handles static requests
• request_handler_status.cpp: Defines the StatusHandler class, which initiates and handles status requests
• request_handler_notFound.cpp: Defines the NotFoundHandler class, which initiates and handles 404 not found requests

Each of the above .cpp files has an accompanying _test.cc file containing unit tests for the respective class

Contributors

• Michael Germano
• Austin Nasso
• Gil Bar-Or