tinyhttpd

A simple web server for learning purpose, a revised edition of the tinyhttpd created November 1999 by J. David Blackstone.

Compile

1. To compile, you need a Linux distribution with gcc or clang that supports C99
2. Clone the git repository: git clone https://github.com/shunlir/tinyhttpd.git
3. Change to the repo: cd tinyhttpd
4. Compile: make

Play with it

1. You need perl and its CGI module installed:
   • For Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt-get install perl libcgi-pm-perl
   • For Fedora/RHEL/Centos: sudo yum install perl perl-CGI
2. Start tinyhttpd: ./tinyhttpd 8088
3. Start a web browser:
   • Enter http://localhost:8088 (client uses HTTP GET /)
   • Type a color name in the textbox, such as 'pink', click at the 'submit query' button (client uses HTTP POST /color.cgi)
   • Enter 'http://localhost:8088/color.cgi?color=pink' (client uses HTTP GET /color.cgi)

Learn the source code

• It's quite a simple http server, only HTTP 1.0 GET and POST method
• But it demonstrates how to serve static html files and dynmic html content generated by CGI scripts
• Demonstrate the use of network I/O (TCP socket), file I/O, and pthread
• Go and enjoy it! You can improve it as you like!