Restbed is a comprehensive and consistent programming model for building applications that require seamless and secure communication over HTTP, with the ability to model a range of business processes, designed to target mobile, tablet, desktop and embedded production environments.

It's akin to embedding NGINX into your companies own product line. -- Solutions Architect, Bellrock Technology

#include <memory>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <restbed>

using namespace std;
using namespace restbed;

void post_method_handler( const shared_ptr< Session > session )
{
    const auto request = session->get_request( );

    int content_length = request->get_header( "Content-Length", 0 );

    session->fetch( content_length, [ ]( const shared_ptr< Session > session, const Bytes & body )
    {
        fprintf( stdout, "%.*s\n", ( int ) body.size( ), body.data( ) );
        session->close( OK, "Hello, World!", { { "Content-Length", "13" } } );
    } );
}

int main( const int, const char** )
{
    auto resource = make_shared< Resource >( );
    resource->set_path( "/resource" );
    resource->set_method_handler( "POST", post_method_handler );

    auto settings = make_shared< Settings >( );
    settings->set_port( 1984 );
    settings->set_default_header( "Connection", "close" );

    Service service;
    service.publish( resource );
    service.start( settings );

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

More in-depth examples can be found here. To see Restbed used in anger, please visit Corvusoft's RestQ project.

© 2013-2017 Corvusoft Limited, United Kingdom. All rights reserved.

The Restbed framework is dual licensed; See LICENSE for full details.

Please contact [email protected], for support and licensing options including bespoke software development, testing, design consultation, training, mentoring and code review.

git clone --recursive https://github.com/corvusoft/restbed.git
mkdir restbed/build
cd restbed/build
cmake [-DBUILD_TESTS=YES] [-DBUILD_EXAMPLES=YES] [-DBUILD_SSL=NO] [-DBUILD_SHARED=YES] [-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/output-directory] ..
make [-j CPU_CORES+1] install
make test

You will now find all required components installed in the distribution folder.

Please submit all enhancements, proposals, and defects via the issue tracker; Alternatively ask a question on StackOverflow tagged #restbed.

For Microsoft Visual Studio instructions please see feature #17.

This codebase is intended to be as self documenting as possible. We have supplied many examples and test suites to help aid developers.

You can locate the latest design and API documentation here.