Simple-Web-Server

A very simple, fast, multithreaded and platform independent HTTP and HTTPS server implemented using C++11 and Boost.Asio. Created to be an easy way to make REST resources available from C++ applications.

Features

• Thread pool
• Platform independent
• HTTPS support
• HTTP persistent connection (for HTTP/1.1)
• Simple way to add REST resources using regex for path, and anonymous functions

###Usage

See main_http.cpp or main_https.cpp for example usage.

See particularly the JSON-POST (using Boost.PropertyTree) and the GET /match/[number] examples, which are most relevant.

Dependency

Boost C++ libraries must be installed, go to http://www.boost.org for download and instructions.

For HTTPS: OpenSSL libraries from https://www.openssl.org are required.

Will update to use C++17 networking instead in the future when it is supported by g++.

Compile and run

Compile with a C++11 compiler supporting regex (for instance g++ 4.9):

HTTP

g++ -O3 -std=c++11 -lboost_system main_http.cpp -o http_server

Then to run the server: ./http_server

Finally, direct your favorite browser to for instance http://localhost:8080/

HTTPS

g++ -O3 -std=c++11 -lboost_system -lssl -lcrypto main_https.cpp -o https_server

Before running the server, an RSA private key (server.key) and a self-signed certificate (server.crt) must be created. Follow, for instance, the instructions given here: http://www.akadia.com/services/ssh_test_certificate.html

Then to run the server: ./https_server

Finally, direct your favorite browser to for instance https://localhost:8080/