Asynchronous/event-driven HTTP Server/REST API Framework C++ Implementation (SSL and Authentication support)

Project  : Asynchronous C++ HTTP Application Server & REST API Framework (from scratch)
RFC      : 7231
Language : C++ (with POSIX APIs)

This project is under active development

Steps:

1. Generate a Self-signed SSL CERT and Private Key

   $ openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365

2. Run, $ mkdir build && cd build && CC=gcc-9 CXX=g++-9 cmake .. && make

3. Note that, you need to have OpenSSL installed on your machine to build.

4. Copy the the sample html files (or point to your own files) with $ cp -r ../configs .

Now, run the server with ./server

Note: The examples in ./examples are NOT updated. I will update them when I find time ASAP. Checkout main.cpp and main-plain.cpp for updated code for now.

Checkout the ./examples dir for more info on using Callbacks and REST API examples.

5. You can now, test the SSL/HTTPS server through cURL or openssl's s_client

   $ curl --insecure -u 'username:password$324'-v -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"value_one":123,"value_two":"Hello"}' https://127.0.0.1:9876/poster
   *   Trying 127.0.0.1:9876...
   * Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 9876 (#0)
   * ALPN, offering http/1.1
   * successfully set certificate verify locations:
   *   CAfile: /cacert.pem
   CApath: none
   * TLSv1.3 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
   * TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):
   * TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Encrypted Extensions (8):
   * TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):
   * TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, CERT verify (15):
   * TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
   * TLSv1.3 (OUT), TLS change cipher, Change cipher spec (1):
   * TLSv1.3 (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
   * SSL connection using TLSv1.3 / TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
   * ALPN, server did not agree to a protocol
   * Server certificate:
   *  subject: C=DE; ST=Some-State; O=Internet Widgits Pty Ltd
   *  start date: Nov 28 02:56:27 2020 GMT
   *  expire date: Nov 28 02:56:27 2021 GMT
   *  issuer: C=DE; ST=Some-State; O=Internet Widgits Pty Ltd
   *  SSL certificate verify result: self signed certificate (18), continuing anyway.
   > POST /poster HTTP/1.1
   > Host: 127.0.0.1:9876
   > Authorization: Basic dXNlcl90d286UGFzc3dvcmQy
   > User-Agent: curl/7.71.1
   > Accept: */*
   > Content-Type: application/json
   > Content-Length: 37
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