A webserver written in C++ using the Boost API. This webserver supports a common RequestHandler interface/abstract base class that can be used to easily implement any handler.

Our server can be found deployed at ec2-52-37-251-244.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

/ serves the reverse proxy that goes to ucla.edu

/static serves static files (test.jpg, test.html, index.html)

/status serves the status of the server, like what requests came in and what possible handlers there are

/echo is basically causes our server to act as an echo server

Authors:

• Ryan Peterman
• Aditya Raju
• Yilei Zhang

To compile:

make

To run:

./web-server <config-file>

To test:

make test

This will build and run the unit and integration tests

To get boost (Ubuntu):

sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

# port the webserver is listening on
port <port-num>;

# how to connected a url to a handler
path <url-mapping> <handler-name> {
    <additional parameters as expected by handler>
}

# Handler to be called if no url matches
default <handler-name> {}

All handlers extend the RequestHandler abstract base class/interface. They implement two virtual functions, Init and HandleRequest.

• EchoHandler - returns the raw request back as a response
• StaticHandler - serves files from configured path (root ; in child block)
• StatusHandler - displays information on the status of webserver (# of requests, types of handlers that exist and for which url prefixes)
• NotFoundHandler - always displays a 404 error when handling a request

To add a handler, you must extend the Handler abstract class by adding a handler to the handler.h file and implementations to handler.cpp.

Here is an example of how it should look:

class <YourHandler> : public RequestHandler {
public:
    Status Init(const std::string& uri_prefix, const NginxConfig& config);

    Status HandleRequest(const Request& request,
                         Response* response);
}

// Note: This is important!!
REGISTER_REQUEST_HANDLER(<YourHandler>);