A simple way to create http server?

arjitGeo · January 3, 2025, 3:51am

I tried the method shown in this example but I couldn’t read the request body with this approach. I looked into std.http.Server but I don’t know how to use it. Can someone give me an example of a http server that logs the http request including the request body? I’m using zig version 0.13.0

dimdin · January 3, 2025, 4:07am

The std.http test code contains usage examples.

First construct a server by calling std.http.Server.init
See how to handle the requests in the echo http server test code:

github.com

ziglang/zig/blob/252c2031011f80b35d01d5ba5a2a2577c870f90c/lib/std/http/test.zig#L152-L230


      
          test "echo content server" {
              const test_server = try createTestServer(struct {
                  fn run(net_server: *std.net.Server) anyerror!void {
                      var read_buffer: [1024]u8 = undefined;
          
                      accept: while (true) {
                          const conn = try net_server.accept();
                          defer conn.stream.close();
          
                          var http_server = http.Server.init(conn, &read_buffer);
          
                          while (http_server.state == .ready) {
                              var request = http_server.receiveHead() catch |err| switch (err) {
                                  error.HttpConnectionClosing => continue :accept,
                                  else => |e| return e,
                              };
                              if (mem.eql(u8, request.head.target, "/end")) {
                                  return request.respond("", .{ .keep_alive = false });
                              }
                              if (request.head.expect) |expect_header_value| {

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You might want to use Karl Seguin HTTP Server.
See also: Why not std.http.Server?

arjitGeo · January 3, 2025, 5:29am

Thank you so much. I’m not looking into third party alternatives just yet, my current project is really small