Simple webserver based on libwebsockets library. Read full description at http://martinsikora.com/libwebsockets-simple-http-server

libwebsockets-webserver.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <libwebsockets.h>


static int callback_http(struct libwebsocket_context *context,
                         struct libwebsocket *wsi,
                         enum libwebsocket_callback_reasons reason, void *user,
                         void *in, size_t len)
{
    
    switch (reason) {
        // http://git.warmcat.com/cgi-bin/cgit/libwebsockets/tree/lib/libwebsockets.h#n260
        case LWS_CALLBACK_CLIENT_WRITEABLE:
            printf("connection established\n");
            
        // http://git.warmcat.com/cgi-bin/cgit/libwebsockets/tree/lib/libwebsockets.h#n281
        case LWS_CALLBACK_HTTP: {
            char *requested_uri = (char *) in;
            printf("requested URI: %s\n", requested_uri);
            
            if (strcmp(requested_uri, "/") == 0) {
                void *universal_response = "Hello, World!";
                // http://git.warmcat.com/cgi-bin/cgit/libwebsockets/tree/lib/libwebsockets.h#n597
                libwebsocket_write(wsi, universal_response,
                                   strlen(universal_response), LWS_WRITE_HTTP);
                break;

            } else {
                // try to get current working directory
                char cwd[1024];
                char *resource_path;
                
                if (getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)) != NULL) {
                    // allocate enough memory for the resource path
                    resource_path = malloc(strlen(cwd) + strlen(requested_uri));
                    
                    // join current working direcotry to the resource path
                    sprintf(resource_path, "%s%s", cwd, requested_uri);
                    printf("resource path: %s\n", resource_path);
                    
                    char *extension = strrchr(resource_path, '.');
                    char *mime;
                    
                    // choose mime type based on the file extension
                    if (extension == NULL) {
                        mime = "text/plain";
                    } else if (strcmp(extension, ".png") == 0) {
                        mime = "image/png";
                    } else if (strcmp(extension, ".jpg") == 0) {
                        mime = "image/jpg";
                    } else if (strcmp(extension, ".gif") == 0) {
                        mime = "image/gif";
                    } else if (strcmp(extension, ".html") == 0) {
                        mime = "text/html";
                    } else if (strcmp(extension, ".css") == 0) {
                        mime = "text/css";
                    } else {
                        mime = "text/plain";
                    }
                    
                    // by default non existing resources return code 400
                    // for more information how this function handles headers
                    // see it's source code
                    // http://git.warmcat.com/cgi-bin/cgit/libwebsockets/tree/lib/parsers.c#n1896
                    libwebsockets_serve_http_file(wsi, resource_path, mime);
                    
                }
            }
            
            // close connection
            libwebsocket_close_and_free_session(context, wsi,
                                                LWS_CLOSE_STATUS_NORMAL);
            break;
        }
        default:
            printf("unhandled callback\n");
            break;
    }
    
    return 0;
}

/* list of supported protocols and callbacks */

static struct libwebsocket_protocols protocols[] = {
    /* first protocol must always be HTTP handler */
    
    {
        "http-only",    /* name */
        callback_http,  /* callback */
        0               /* per_session_data_size */
    },
    {
        NULL, NULL, 0   /* End of list */
    }
    
};

int main(void) {
    // server url will be http://localhost:7681
    int port = 8080;
    const char *interface = NULL;
    struct libwebsocket_context *context;
     // we're not using ssl
    const char *cert_path = NULL;
    const char *key_path = NULL;
    // no special options
    int opts = 0;
    
    // create libwebsocket context representing this server
    context = libwebsocket_create_context(port, interface, protocols,
                                          libwebsocket_internal_extensions,
                                          cert_path, key_path, -1, -1, opts);
    
    if (context == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr, "libwebsocket init failed\n");
        return -1;
    }
    
    printf("starting server...\n");
    
    // infinite loop, the only option to end this serer is
    // by sending SIGTERM. (CTRL+C)
    while (1) {
        libwebsocket_service(context, 50);
        // libwebsocket_service will process all waiting events with their
        // callback functions and then wait 50 ms.
        // (this is single threaded webserver and this will keep
        // our server from generating load while there are not
        // requests to process)
    }
    
    libwebsocket_context_destroy(context);
    
    return 0;
}

In node.js ws could one to store per-user data as follows : ws.owner_pid=msg.owner_pid, and here in pure C how to be with it?