Multi-Threaded HTTPServer using evhttp

evhttp-multh-thread-httpd.cpp

#include <event.h>
#include <evhttp.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

namespace servers {
namespace util {

class HTTPServer {
public:
  HTTPServer() {}
  ~HTTPServer() {}
  int serv(int port, int nthreads);
protected:
  static void* Dispatch(void *arg);
  static void GenericHandler(struct evhttp_request *req, void *arg);
  void ProcessRequest(struct evhttp_request *request);
  int BindSocket(int port);
};

int HTTPServer::BindSocket(int port) {
  int r;
  int nfd;
  nfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
  if (nfd < 0) return -1;

  int one = 1;
  r = setsockopt(nfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (char *)&one, sizeof(int));

  struct sockaddr_in addr;
  memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
  addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
  addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
  addr.sin_port = htons(port);

  r = bind(nfd, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr));
  if (r < 0) return -1;
  r = listen(nfd, 10240);
  if (r < 0) return -1;

  int flags;
  if ((flags = fcntl(nfd, F_GETFL, 0)) < 0
      || fcntl(nfd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK) < 0)
    return -1;

  return nfd;
}

int HTTPServer::serv(int port, int nthreads) {
  int r;
  int nfd = BindSocket(port);
  if (nfd < 0) return -1;
  pthread_t ths[nthreads];
  for (int i = 0; i < nthreads; i++) {
    struct event_base *base = event_init();
    if (base == NULL) return -1;
    struct evhttp *httpd = evhttp_new(base);
    if (httpd == NULL) return -1;
    r = evhttp_accept_socket(httpd, nfd);
    if (r != 0) return -1;
    evhttp_set_gencb(httpd, HTTPServer::GenericHandler, this);
    r = pthread_create(&ths[i], NULL, HTTPServer::Dispatch, base);
    if (r != 0) return -1;
  }
  for (int i = 0; i < nthreads; i++) {
    pthread_join(ths[i], NULL);
  }
}

void* HTTPServer::Dispatch(void *arg) {
  event_base_dispatch((struct event_base*)arg);
  return NULL;
}

void HTTPServer::GenericHandler(struct evhttp_request *req, void *arg) {
  ((HTTPServer*)arg)->ProcessRequest(req);
}

void HTTPServer::ProcessRequest(struct evhttp_request *req) {
  sleep(1);
  struct evbuffer *buf = evbuffer_new();
  if (buf == NULL) return;
  evbuffer_add_printf(buf, "Requested: %s\n", evhttp_request_uri(req));
  evhttp_send_reply(req, HTTP_OK, "OK", buf);
}

}
}

int main() {
  servers::util::HTTPServer s;
  s.serv(19850, 10);
}

event_init is deprecated. Please use event_base_new instead.