timhwang777 / simple-http-server-go

A lightweight project offers a beginner-friendly approach to understand web server fundamentals using Go's powerful net/http package.

Simple HTTP Server in Golang

Table of Contents

1. About the Project
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
3. Author

About the Project

This project is a simple HTTP server written in Go. It listens for incoming connections and handles them concurrently. The server supports three commands: echo, user-agent, and files.

• The echo command echoes back the path after the /echo/ in the response body.
• The user-agent command returns the User-Agent from the request headers.
• The files command supports both GET and POST methods. The GET method reads a file from the server's directory and returns its content. The POST method receives a file from the client and saves it to the server's directory.

The server is designed to be simple and easy to understand, making it a great starting point for anyone interested in learning about network programming in Go.

Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running, follow these simple steps:

Prerequisites

• Go: You need to have Go installed on your machine to run this server. You can download it from the official website: https://golang.org/dl/

To run the server, navigate to the directory containing the server.go file in your terminal and run the command go run server.go.

Alternatively, you can execute the your_server.sh shell script.

Author

Timothy Hwang