CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
project(CasablancaRestServer CXX)

find_package(Boost)
find_package(OpenSSL)

set(CASABLANCA_INCLUDE_DIR "" CACHE PATH "")
set(CASABLANCA_LIB "" CACHE FILEPATH "")

include_directories(
   ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${CASABLANCA_INCLUDE_DIR})

if (MSVC OR APPLE)
   file(GLOB HEADERS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.h")
   source_group("Header Files" FILES ${HEADERS})
endif()

if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang")
   add_definitions(-std=c++14)
endif()

add_executable(restserver ${HEADERS} RestServer.cpp)
target_link_libraries(restserver ${CASABLANCA_LIB})

RestServer.cpp

#include "cpprest/http_listener.h"
#include <regex>

int main()
{
   web::uri_builder url(U("http://localhost:9999/"));
   web::http::experimental::listener::http_listener listener(url.to_uri().to_string());
   listener.support([](web::http::http_request request)
   {
      
      std::regex queryRegex("/(\\w+)/(\\d+)");
      std::smatch pieces_match;
      auto path = web::http::uri::decode(request.relative_uri().path());
      if (std::regex_match(path, pieces_match, queryRegex))
      {
         auto matches = web::json::value::array();
         for (size_t i = 0; i < pieces_match.size(); ++i)
         {
            std::ssub_match sub_match = pieces_match[i];
            std::string piece = sub_match.str();
            matches[i] = web::json::value::string(piece);
         }
         
         auto result = web::json::value::object();
         result[U("Status")] = web::json::value::string(utility::string_t(U("OK")));
         result[U("Matches")] = matches;
         request.reply(web::http::status_codes::OK, result);
      }
      else
      {
         auto notFound = web::json::value::object();
         notFound[U("Status")] = web::json::value::string(U("NO OK"));
         request.reply(web::http::status_codes::NotFound, notFound);
      }
      
   });
   listener.open().wait();
   
   std::cout << "Press ENTER to exit." << std::endl;
   std::string line;
   std::getline(std::cin, line);
   
   return 0;
}