Server and client built with Python sockets

Author: Megan Flood, Marco Zangari

Version: 4.1.1

To make a simple blocking http server and client to receive http requests and send http responses. Also to make a simple concurrent http server using gevent.

To get started, use:

pip install http-server

Start the blocking server with:

python server.py

Start the concurrent server with:

python concurrent_server.py

In a separate terminal send HTTP requests with:

python client.py <add your request>

Written in Python, built using gevent, tested with pytest and tox.

10-29-2017 9:50pm - Refactored resolution of URI to improve security

10-29-2017 7:46pm - Concurrent server module added, built using gevent

10-29-2017 6:00pm - Server responds with files requested through HTTP GET requests

10-27-2017 4:06pm - Server now requires properly formatted HTTP requests

10-25-2017 3:33pm - Rebuilt server to send either an http OK 200 response or an http 500 Internal Server Error response

10-24-2017 2:44pm - Built server and client with functionality to echo messages.

Python OS Module Docs

Jeremy Allen: Checking that a string can be parsed as an http response, StackOverflow