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Simple HTTP server example for Rust
// Updated example from http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Hello_world/Web_server#Rust
// to work with Rust 1.0 beta
use std::net::{TcpStream, TcpListener};
use std::io::{Read, Write};
use std::thread;
fn handle_read(mut stream: &TcpStream) {
let mut buf = [0u8 ;4096];
match stream.read(&mut buf) {
Ok(_) => {
let req_str = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf);
println!("{}", req_str);
},
Err(e) => println!("Unable to read stream: {}", e),
}
}
fn handle_write(mut stream: TcpStream) {
let response = b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\r\n\r\n<html><body>Hello world</body></html>\r\n";
match stream.write(response) {
Ok(_) => println!("Response sent"),
Err(e) => println!("Failed sending response: {}", e),
}
}
fn handle_client(stream: TcpStream) {
handle_read(&stream);
handle_write(stream);
}
fn main() {
let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:8080").unwrap();
println!("Listening for connections on port {}", 8080);
for stream in listener.incoming() {
match stream {
Ok(stream) => {
thread::spawn(|| {
handle_client(stream)
});
}
Err(e) => {
println!("Unable to connect: {}", e);
}
}
}
}
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cezaryB commented Apr 12, 2020

Really nice example, thank you

@master-hax
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great example

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ghost commented Feb 1, 2023

great works! and great example!

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