Extended the usage documentation, and added additional output in the example files, as suggested in https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/1592#issuecomment-516803423

README.md

@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ See also [benchmarks](https://gitlab.com/eidheim/Simple-Web-Server/blob/master/d
 
 See [http_examples.cpp](https://gitlab.com/eidheim/Simple-Web-Server/blob/master/http_examples.cpp) or
 [https_examples.cpp](https://gitlab.com/eidheim/Simple-Web-Server/blob/master/https_examples.cpp) for example usage.
-Particularly, the JSON-POST (using Boost.PropertyTree) and the GET /match/[number] examples might be relevant.
+The following server resources are setup using regular expressions to match request paths:
+* `POST /string` - responds with the posted string.
+* `POST /json` - parses the request content as JSON, and responds with some of the parsed values.
+* `GET /info` - responds with information extracted from the request.
+* `GET /match/([0-9]+)` - matches for instance `/match/123` and responds with the matched number `123`.
+* `GET /work` - starts a thread, simulating heavy work, and responds when the work is done.
+* `GET` - a special default_resource handler is called when a request path does not match any of the above resources.
+This resource responds with the content of files in the `web/`-folder if the request path identifies one of these files.
 
 [Documentation](https://eidheim.gitlab.io/Simple-Web-Server/annotated.html) is also available, generated from the master branch.
 

http_examples.cpp

@@ -220,20 +220,23 @@ int main() {
 
   // Synchronous request examples
   try {
+    cout << "Example GET request to http://localhost:8080/match/123" << endl;
     auto r1 = client.request("GET", "/match/123");
-    cout << r1->content.rdbuf() << endl; // Alternatively, use the convenience function r1->content.string()
+    cout << "Response content: " << r1->content.rdbuf() << endl << endl; // Alternatively, use the convenience function r1->content.string()
 
+    cout << "Example POST request to http://localhost:8080/string" << endl;
     auto r2 = client.request("POST", "/string", json_string);
-    cout << r2->content.rdbuf() << endl;
+    cout << "Response content: " << r2->content.rdbuf() << endl << endl;
   }
   catch(const SimpleWeb::system_error &e) {
     cerr << "Client request error: " << e.what() << endl;
   }
 
   // Asynchronous request example
+  cout << "Example POST request to http://localhost:8080/json" << endl;
   client.request("POST", "/json", json_string, [](shared_ptr<HttpClient::Response> response, const SimpleWeb::error_code &ec) {
     if(!ec)
-      cout << response->content.rdbuf() << endl;
+      cout << "Response content: " << response->content.rdbuf() << endl;
   });
   client.io_service->run();
 

https_examples.cpp

@@ -219,20 +219,23 @@ int main() {
 
   // Synchronous request examples
   try {
+    cout << "Example GET request to https://localhost:8080/match/123" << endl;
     auto r1 = client.request("GET", "/match/123");
-    cout << r1->content.rdbuf() << endl; // Alternatively, use the convenience function r1->content.string()
+    cout << "Response content: " << r1->content.rdbuf() << endl << endl; // Alternatively, use the convenience function r1->content.string()
 
+    cout << "Example POST request to https://localhost:8080/string" << endl;
     auto r2 = client.request("POST", "/string", json_string);
-    cout << r2->content.rdbuf() << endl;
+    cout << "Response content: " << r2->content.rdbuf() << endl << endl;
   }
   catch(const SimpleWeb::system_error &e) {
     cerr << "Client request error: " << e.what() << endl;
   }
 
   // Asynchronous request example
+  cout << "Example POST request to https://localhost:8080/json" << endl;
   client.request("POST", "/json", json_string, [](shared_ptr<HttpsClient::Response> response, const SimpleWeb::error_code &ec) {
     if(!ec)
-      cout << response->content.rdbuf() << endl;
+      cout << "Response content: " << response->content.rdbuf() << endl;
   });
   client.io_service->run();