HTTP Library

A lightweight C++ HTTP library for creating and handling HTTP requests and responses.

Note

The library only works on POSIX-compliant systems.

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Features

• Create and handle HTTP requests and responses (can be used as both an HTTP server and an HTTP client)
• Uses bokshi-gh/http-codec library to encode and decode HTTP requests and responses
• Includes nlohmann/json for parsing and serializing JSON data
• Includes bokshi-gh/dotenv-cpp utility for loading environment variables directly from a file

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Installation

• Install via the installer script:

  curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bokshi-gh/http-library/main/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash

Requirements: cURL, GNU Make, and GCC

You can check the source code of the installer script here.

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Integrate Into Your Project

• Example code demonstrating how to use the library is available in examples/http_library_server_demo.cpp and examples/http_library_client_demo.cpp

• Include the header in your C++ project:

  #include <bokshi/http_library.hpp>

• Link the library when compiling your project:

  • If you need server, compile like:

    g++ main.cpp -lhttp_library -pthread -o my_server

  • If you only need client, compile like:

    g++ main.cpp -lhttp_library -o my_client

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Uninstallation

• Remove the installed headers and library files from the system:

  sudo rm -f /usr/local/include/bokshi/
  sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib/libhttp_library.a
  sudo ldconfig

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License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 license.