Anthracite

A simple web server written in C++

Module-Based Backends

Anthracite includes a system for allowing different "backend modules" to handle requests. This allows for anthracite to be extended for additional use-cases. For example, the following backends could be implemented:

File: Return files from a directory
Reverse Proxy: Pass the request to another server
Web Framework: Pass the request into an application built on your favorite web framework

Building & Debugging

Once you have the repository cloned, you can run the following command to build Anthracite:

make build

It will create a binary file named ./anthracite

To save time, you can use the following command to build and run anthracite on port 8080:

make run

To save time again, you can use the following command to build and debug anthracite in gdb:

make debug

Usage

Run the following commands to serve all files located in ./www/:

./anthracite [PORT_NUMBER]

Todo

Serve HTML Pages
Properly parse HTTP requests
Add module-based backend system for handling requests
Cleanup (this one will never truly be done)
Proper error handling
Flesh out module-based backend system for handling requests
Fix glaring security issues
Faster parsing
Multithreading
Speed optimizations such as keepint the most visited html pages in memory
Cleanup codebase
Enable cache support
Support newer HTTP versions

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