Toy HTTP Server in multiple languages

Implementation of a toy HTTP server in lua, python, wolfram language and zig. The server is built on top of simple socket functionality, using TCP for the connection protocol and using localhost as the socket address. The server currently only handles the GET method, but it could be easily be expanded.

Usage

Start the HTTP server in various languages:

lua

Tested on:

$ lua -v
Lua 5.4.6  Copyright (C) 1994-2023 Lua.org, PUC-Rio

Install the luasocket package (I chose luarocks for this):

$ luarocks install luasocket

Also install the mimetypes package:

$ luarocks install mimetypes

Start the server:

$ lua httpserver.lua

NOTE: Testing against Google Chrome works fine. There seems to be an issue with Safari which needs more study.

python

Tested on:

$ python3 --version
Python 3.9.6

Start the server:

$ python3 httpserver.py

wolfram

Tested on:

$ wolframscript --version
WolframScript 1.8.0 for Mac OS X ARM (64-bit)

Start the server:

wolframscript -f httpserver.wl

A write-up of this example is in the Wolfram Example Repository: A Toy HTTP Server.

zig

Start the server:

zig run httpserver.zig

Test

Send a HTTP request to the toy HTTP server using curl:

$ curl -i 127.0.0.1:8888/index.html
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
content-type: text/html;charset=UTF-8

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Index page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>Index page</h1>
        <p>This is the index page.</p>
        <img src="./images/random.jpeg">
    </body>
</html>

Or do it via a web browser:

A request for a non-existant file returns the following:

$ curl -i --http0.9 127.0.0.1:8888/notafile.txt
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Server: ToyServer (python)
Content-Type: text/html

<h1>404 Not Found</h1>

References

Toy HTTP Server in multiple languages

Usage

lua

python

wolfram

zig

Test

References

lua

python

wolfram

zig

other