C++ HTTP Web Server

A lightweight educational HTTP server written in C++, implementing its own routing system, controllers, DTOs, models, and static file handling. The project is structured similarly to a minimal MVC framework and supports multithreading via a ThreadPool.

Features

• Custom HTTP server written from scratch
• Routing via controllers
• Automatic controller registration
• DTO system for request/response handling
• Static file serving (HTML, CSS, images)
• ThreadPool for concurrent request processing
• Python client for testing (optional)

Getting Started

Run the Project

Open a terminal in the project root directory and run:

Build Project

g++ -std=c++17 -pthread main.cpp Controllers/*.cpp DTO/*.cpp Models/*.cpp ThreadPool.cpp Task.cpp -o http_server

Run Project

./http_server

The server will run on http://localhost:8888