Simple Web Server & Client

Computer Networks/Project-1: Created by Dr. Sajib Datta

Description

A multi-threaded web server that interacts with any standard web clients using HTTP and displays the essential connection parameters.

Functionality

• Multi-threaded server that handles multiple requests concurrently.
• Server is assumed to work only with HTTP get messages.
• Port number can be provided as an argument while running the program, otherwise default port number of 8080 is assigned.
• Server can handle incoming client requests and display essential client details.
• If no file is requested, then the server uses the default file to response.
• If the file requested by the client is not in the server, then it responses with “HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found”.
• If the file requested by the server is in the server, then it responses with “HTTP/1.1 200 OK”.
• Client connects the server and requests file to the server.
• Client displays the status and contents of the file requested.
• Client also displays essential server details.

Compilation Instructions

The code is implemented using the following interpretor:

Python 3.9

Running main_server.py:

main_server.py <port_number>

Note: Port number is optional. If not provided, default value of 8080 is used.

Running main_client.py:

main_client.py <host_name> <port_number> <file_name>

Note: Host name, port number, and file name are optional. If not provided, default values of "127.0.0.1", "8080", and "index.html" are used respectively. The order of arguments matters.

Author

Yunika Upadhayaya - Student ID: 1001631183

References

• BaseHTTPServer
• HTTPServer and implementations