IWNET
Pure C
asynchronous HTTP framework providing websockets client/server, SSL, reverse proxy and routing.
Works on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD
- Fast asynchronous HTTP server (iwn_http_server.h)
- Web framework based on HTTP server (iwn_wf.h)
- Ultra fast HTTP Reverse Proxy (iwn_http_server.h)
- Websocket client and server (iwn_ws_server.h, iwn_ws_client.h)
- Poller reactor (iwn_poller.h)
- SSL Layer is based on BearSSL (iwn_brssl_poller_adapter.h)
- Manager of child processes (iwn_proc.h)
- Timer (iwn_scheduler.h)
Build from sources
Prerequisites
- Linux, macOS or FreeBSD
- CMake 3.12 or greater
- gcc or clang compiler
- GNU Make or Ninja
Building
git clone https://github.com/Softmotions/iwnet.git
mkdir -p ./iwnet/build && cd ./iwnet/build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
make
IWSTART
IWSTART is an automatic CMake initial project generator for C projects based on iowow / iwnet / ejdb2 libs.
https://github.com/Softmotions/iwstart
Used by
Asynchronous HTTP Framework
Examples
Simple echo server
./echo_http_server --ssl
curl -k -XPUT -d'Hello' https://localhost:8080/echo
Hello
I'm an echo web server
echo_http_server.c
#include "iwn_wf.h"
#include <iowow/iwconv.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
static struct iwn_poller *poller;
static struct iwn_wf_ctx *ctx;
static void _on_signal(int signo) {
fprintf(stderr, "\nExiting...\n");
iwn_poller_shutdown_request(poller);
}
static int _handle_echo(struct iwn_wf_req *req, void *user_data) {
fprintf(stderr, "Echo handler called\n");
iwn_http_response_printf(req->http, 200, "text/plain", "%.*s\n%s\n",
(int) req->body_len, req->body, (char*) user_data);
return IWN_WF_RES_PROCESSED;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
if ( signal(SIGTERM, _on_signal) == SIG_ERR
|| signal(SIGINT, _on_signal) == SIG_ERR) {
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
iwrc rc = 0;
bool ssl = false;
int port = 8080;
for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
if (strcmp(argv[i], "--ssl") == 0) {
ssl = true;
} else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--port") == 0 && i + 1 < argc) {
port = iwatoi(argv[i + 1]);
}
}
RCC(rc, finish, iw_init()); // Init iowow runtime, logging, etc..
RCC(rc, finish, iwn_wf_create(0, &ctx)); // Create web server context
RCC(rc, finish, iwn_wf_route(&(struct iwn_wf_route) {
.ctx = ctx,
.pattern = "/echo",
.handler = _handle_echo,
.user_data = "I'm an echo web server",
.flags = IWN_WF_PUT | IWN_WF_POST
}, 0));
RCC(rc, finish, iwn_poller_create(0, 0, &poller));
struct iwn_wf_server_spec spec = {
.listen = "localhost",
.port = port,
.poller = poller,
};
if (ssl) {
spec.ssl.private_key = "./server-eckey.pem";
spec.ssl.private_key_len = -1;
spec.ssl.certs = "./server-ecdsacert.pem";
spec.ssl.certs_len = -1;
}
// Print out a routes configuration.
iwn_wf_route_print(ctx->root, stderr);
// Configure HTTP server.
RCC(rc, finish, iwn_wf_server(&spec, ctx));
fprintf(stderr,
"\nOpen terminal and run:\n\tcurl -k -XPUT -d'Hello' %s://%s:%d\n",
(ssl ? "https" : "http"),
spec.listen,
spec.port);
// Start fds poller reactor.
iwn_poller_poll(poller);
finish:
iwn_poller_destroy(&poller);
if (rc) {
iwlog_ecode_error3(rc);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
} else {
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
}
Todo list REST API server
./todolist_http_server --ssl
0001 [root:*]
0002 [/todo> ALL
0003 {create:/([a-zA-z]+[a-z0-9A-Z]*)] PUT
0004 {get:/([0-9]+)] GET
0005 {remove:/([0-9]+)] DELETE
0006 [list:*] GET
0007 [done:*] POST
Create a new 'Hello' todo entry:
curl -k -XPUT -d'Say Hello' https://localhost:8080/todo/Hello
curl -k -XPUT -d'Say Hello' https://localhost:8080/todo/Hello?done=1
List all todo list items:
curl -k https://localhost:8080/todo
Get task #1 details:
curl -k https://localhost:8080/todo/1
Remove task #2 from todo list:
curl -k -XDELETE https://localhost:8080/todo/2
Update done status of task #2:
curl -k -XPOST -d'id=2&done=1' https://localhost:8080/todo
More examples
Real life large project - Wirow video-conferencing server
You may find many helpful code examples by looking into framework test code
License
MIT License
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