WEBSERV(@42Paris)

This is when you finally understand why a URL starts with HTTP

Usage

Compatible with Mozilla Firefox.

$ git clone https://github.com/adbenoit-9/42_webserv.git
$ cd 42_webserv/
$ make
$ ./webserv [config_file]

Configuration File’s Structure

• server block
• location block

(accept ';' at the end of the line and comments(#))

server_block

• listen: choose the port and the host of each server
• server_name: setup the server names or not
• error_page: setup default error pages
• client_max_body_size: limit client body size
• location: setup routes with one or multiple rules/configuration

server
{
    listen [host:port]
    server_name [list of names]
    error_page [list of error code] [file path]
    client_max_body_size [number of bytes]
    
    location [route]
    {
        ...
    }
}

location_block

• allow: define a list of accepted HTTP Methods for the route
• return: define an HTTP redirection
• root: define a directory or a file from where the file should be search
• autoindex: turn on or off directory listing
• index: default file to answer if the request is a directory
• cgi_pass: execute CGI based on certain file extension
• upload_store: make the route able to accept uploaded files and configure where it should be saved

location [route]
{
    allow [list of methods]
    return [code] [path]
    root [path]
    index [list of index files]
    autoindex [on or off]
    cgi_pass [file extension] [path of the cgi script]
    upload_store [directory]
}

Preview

In collaboration with besellem and kaye 🔥