C++ HTTP Server

A multithreaded HTTP server built from scratch in C++ using the Winsock API. The server handles HTTP requests, serves static files along with standard HTTP response, designed to understand networking, HTTP Protocol, socket programming and concurrent client handling.

Features

• TCP socket communication using Winsock
• HTTP request parsing
• Request line, headers, query parameters, and body parsing
• Static file serving
• MIME type detection
• Multithreaded client handling
• HTTP response generation

Tech Stack

• C++17
• Winsock2
• TCP/IP
• HTTP/1.1
• Multithreading

Project Structure

HTTP-Server/
├── src/
├── include/
├── public/
├── main.cpp
├── Makefile
├── .gitignore
└── README.md

Build & Run

git clone https://github.com/Vaibhavkshyp/http-server-cpp.git

cd http-server-cpp

make

./server

Then open:

http://localhost:5000

Key Concepts

TCP Sockets • HTTP • Request Parsing • Multithreading • File I/O • C++17

Author

Vaibhav Kashyap