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nkanthikiran · Nov 17th, 2004, 12:32 AM

Hi ,

I am looking for coding my own light weight webserver.....can any on guide me how is it possible way with best soutions(i have to do a project for web based administration in windows (some thing like WEBMIN in LInux) how can this be achieved)

Regards,
Kanthi.

tempest · Nov 17th, 2004, 7:44 AM

With C++/C/C#/Java/Python and language that is compilable. Ive even heard that command line PHP can accomplish it. You'll need to look up network sockets in the language of your choice, get to know them and then look up HTTP headers.

kurifu · Nov 17th, 2004, 4:42 PM

You are probably also going to want to look up the HTTP1.0 RFC document, since it contains everything you need to know on HTTP1.0.

HTTP1.1 is today's standard, but if you are looking for lightweight HTTP1.0 is probably all you will really need, since it just removes support for advances features like virtual name hosting and what not.

Good luck, it is not going ot be any easy task.

mackenga · Apr 1st, 2005, 9:00 AM

You might fancy looking into the mini-httpd that comes with Tcl. See www.scriptics.com (I think... actually I'm having paranoid doubts about that URL now; googling for scriptics will get it if I'm wrong) and root around. It's free and open source, and could save you a bit of time.

Infinite Recursion · Apr 1st, 2005, 9:29 AM

You could always look at Apache's code (it is, afterall, open source)... then base it off of that. You will definitely need knowledge of sockets, network programming, HTTP, ...

Cerulean · Apr 7th, 2005, 3:20 PM

Well I don't know, I wouldn't deem a simple webserver as a hard thing. Python source:

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import SimpleHTTPServer
SimpleHTTPServer.test()

That will serve files using the current working directory as the webserver root. If you wanted to get a little more involved you just create a subclass of the HTTP handler class, re-implement do_GET, do_POST, etc, and use that as the handler.
You could modify apache for whatever if you had countless weeks to waste on doing so.

mackenga · May 1st, 2005, 5:09 PM

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Nov 17th, 2004, 12:32 AM	#1
nkanthikiran Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Hi , I am looking for coding my own light weight webserver.....can any on guide me how is it possible way with best soutions(i have to do a project for web based administration in windows (some thing like WEBMIN in LInux) how can this be achieved) Regards, Kanthi. __________________ Regards, Kanthi Kiran Narisetti

Nov 17th, 2004, 7:44 AM	#2
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kurifu Expert Programmer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) Posts: 784 Rep Power: 5	You are probably also going to want to look up the HTTP1.0 RFC document, since it contains everything you need to know on HTTP1.0. HTTP1.1 is today's standard, but if you are looking for lightweight HTTP1.0 is probably all you will really need, since it just removes support for advances features like virtual name hosting and what not. Good luck, it is not going ot be any easy task. __________________ Clifford Matthew Roche <geek@cliffordroche.com> Web Hosting: http://www.crd-hosting.com Consulting: http://www.crdev-consulting.com

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Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	You could always look at Apache's code (it is, afterall, open source)... then base it off of that. You will definitely need knowledge of sockets, network programming, HTTP, ... __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

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Cerulean Professional Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 459 Rep Power: 4	Well I don't know, I wouldn't deem a simple webserver as a hard thing. Python source: (Toggle Plain Text) import SimpleHTTPServer SimpleHTTPServer.test() import SimpleHTTPServer SimpleHTTPServer.test() That will serve files using the current working directory as the webserver root. If you wanted to get a little more involved you just create a subclass of the HTTP handler class, re-implement do_GET, do_POST, etc, and use that as the handler. You could modify apache for whatever if you had countless weeks to waste on doing so.

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mackenga Professional Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 317 Rep Power: 4	You might fancy looking into the mini-httpd that comes with Tcl. See www.scriptics.com (I think... actually I'm having paranoid doubts about that URL now; googling for scriptics will get it if I'm wrong) and root around. It's free and open source, and could save you a bit of time.

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