webserver using libuv

README

An hello-world webserver in C using libuv (https://github.com/joyent/libuv) and
http-parser (https://github.com/ry/http-parser) based on Ryan Dahl's tutorial
http://vimeo.com/24713213 and updated to make it work with the most recent
libuv API.

Build it

git clone https://github.com/ry/http-parser.git
git clone https://github.com/joyent/libuv
make

Run it

./webserver
curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Stress-test it

ab -n 5000 -c 500 http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Call for coders!
I have this insane idea of writing a lightweight c++ web framework on top of
libuv. But. I can't do it by myself.
Anyone crazy enough to join me? Drop me a tweet / email.

- Andrea
    https://twitter.com/utaal
    https://github.com/utaal
    [email protected]

Makefile

webserver: webserver.c libuv/uv.a http-parser/http_parser.o
	gcc -I libuv/include \
    -lrt -lm -lpthread -o \
    webserver webserver.c \
    libuv/uv.a http-parser/http_parser.o

libuv/uv.a:
	$(MAKE) -C libuv

http-parser/http_parser.o:
	$(MAKE) -C http-parser http_parser.o

clean:
	rm libuv/uv.a
	rm http-parser/http_parser.o
	rm webserver

webserver.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include "libuv/include/uv.h"
#include "http-parser/http_parser.h"

#define CHECK(r, msg) \
  if (r) { \
    uv_err_t err = uv_last_error(uv_loop); \
    fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", msg, uv_strerror(err)); \
    exit(1); \
  }
#define UVERR(err, msg) fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", msg, uv_strerror(err))
#define LOG(msg) puts(msg);
#define LOGF(fmt, params...) printf(fmt "\n", params);
#define LOG_ERROR(msg) puts(msg);

#define RESPONSE \
  "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n" \
  "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n" \
  "Content-Length: 12\r\n" \
  "\r\n" \
  "hello world\n"

static uv_loop_t* uv_loop;
static uv_tcp_t server;
static http_parser_settings parser_settings;

static uv_buf_t resbuf;

typedef struct {
  uv_tcp_t handle;
  http_parser parser;
  uv_write_t write_req;
  int request_num;
} client_t;

void on_close(uv_handle_t* handle) {
  client_t* client = (client_t*) handle->data;

  LOGF("[ %5d ] connection closed", client->request_num);

  free(client);
}

uv_buf_t on_alloc(uv_handle_t* client, size_t suggested_size) {
  uv_buf_t buf;
  buf.base = malloc(suggested_size);
  buf.len = suggested_size;
  return buf;
}

void on_read(uv_stream_t* tcp, ssize_t nread, uv_buf_t buf) {
  size_t parsed;

  client_t* client = (client_t*) tcp->data;

  if (nread >= 0) {
    parsed = http_parser_execute(
        &client->parser, &parser_settings, buf.base, nread);
    if (parsed < nread) {
      LOG_ERROR("parse error");
      uv_close((uv_handle_t*) &client->handle, on_close);
    }
  } else {
    uv_err_t err = uv_last_error(uv_loop);
    if (err.code != UV_EOF) {
      UVERR(err, "read");
    }
  }

  free(buf.base);
}

static int request_num = 1;

void on_connect(uv_stream_t* server_handle, int status) {
  CHECK(status, "connect");

  int r;

  assert((uv_tcp_t*)server_handle == &server);

  client_t* client = malloc(sizeof(client_t));
  client->request_num = request_num;

  LOGF("[ %5d ] new connection", request_num++);

  uv_tcp_init(uv_loop, &client->handle);
  http_parser_init(&client->parser, HTTP_REQUEST);

  client->parser.data = client;
  client->handle.data = client;

  r = uv_accept(server_handle, (uv_stream_t*)&client->handle);
  CHECK(r, "accept");

  uv_read_start((uv_stream_t*)&client->handle, on_alloc, on_read);
}

void after_write(uv_write_t* req, int status) {
  CHECK(status, "write");

  uv_close((uv_handle_t*)req->handle, on_close);
}

int on_headers_complete(http_parser* parser) {
  client_t* client = (client_t*) parser->data;
  
  LOGF("[ %5d ] http message parsed", client->request_num);

  uv_write(
      &client->write_req,
      (uv_stream_t*)&client->handle,
      &resbuf,
      1,
      after_write);

  return 1;
}

int main() {
  int r;

  parser_settings.on_headers_complete = on_headers_complete;
  
  resbuf.base = RESPONSE;
  resbuf.len = sizeof(RESPONSE);

  uv_loop = uv_default_loop();

  r = uv_tcp_init(uv_loop, &server);
  CHECK(r, "bind");

  struct sockaddr_in address = uv_ip4_addr("0.0.0.0", 8000);

  r = uv_tcp_bind(&server, address);
  CHECK(r, "bind");
  uv_listen((uv_stream_t*)&server, 128, on_connect);

  LOG("listening on port 8000");

  uv_run(uv_loop);
}