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"Hello Winsock!" HTTP server from first principles using Winsock (Windows 10)
#undef UNICODE
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>
#include <winsock2.h>
#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x501
#include <ws2tcpip.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#define HTTP_PORT "80"
char const HELLO_WINSOCK[] =
"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\r\n"
"Content-Length: 16\r\n"
"\r\n"
"Hello Winsock!\r\n";
char buf[1024];
int __cdecl main(void)
{
WSADATA wsaData;
int iResult;
SOCKET ListenSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
SOCKET ClientSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
struct addrinfo *result = NULL;
struct addrinfo hints;
int iSendResult;
// Initialize Winsock
iResult = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsaData);
if (iResult != 0) {
printf("WSAStartup failed with error: %d\n", iResult);
return 1;
}
ZeroMemory(&hints, sizeof(hints));
hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;
// Resolve the server address and port
iResult = getaddrinfo(NULL, HTTP_PORT, &hints, &result);
if ( iResult != 0 ) {
printf("getaddrinfo failed with error: %d\n", iResult);
WSACleanup();
return 1;
}
// Create a SOCKET for connecting to server
ListenSocket = socket(result->ai_family, result->ai_socktype, result->ai_protocol);
if (ListenSocket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
printf("socket failed with error: %ld\n", WSAGetLastError());
freeaddrinfo(result);
WSACleanup();
return 1;
}
// Setup the TCP listening socket
iResult = bind(ListenSocket, result->ai_addr, (int)result->ai_addrlen);
if (iResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
printf("bind failed with error: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
freeaddrinfo(result);
closesocket(ListenSocket);
WSACleanup();
return 1;
}
freeaddrinfo(result);
iResult = listen(ListenSocket, SOMAXCONN);
if (iResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
printf("listen failed with error: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
closesocket(ListenSocket);
WSACleanup();
return 1;
}
while (1) {
ClientSocket = accept(ListenSocket, NULL, NULL);
if (ClientSocket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
printf("accept failed with error: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
continue;
}
recv(ClientSocket, buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
iSendResult = send(ClientSocket, HELLO_WINSOCK, sizeof(HELLO_WINSOCK), 0);
if (iSendResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
printf("send failed with error: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
}
iResult = shutdown(ClientSocket, SD_SEND);
if (iResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
printf("shutdown failed with error: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
}
closesocket(ClientSocket);
}
return 0;
}
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