https://github.com/samjakob/webserver

An Objective-C webserver with an Express-inspired API
https://github.com/samjakob/webserver

grand-central-dispatch multithreading objective-c posix webserver

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An Objective-C webserver with an Express-inspired API

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/samjakob/webserver
• Owner: SamJakob
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-02-29T21:38:48.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-02-28T21:23:10.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-22T12:25:09.692Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: grand-central-dispatch, multithreading, objective-c, posix, webserver
• Language: Objective-C
• Homepage:
• Size: 26.4 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# WebServer

![https://github.com/SamJakob/WebServer/tree/master/LICENSE](https://img.shields.io/github/license/SamJakob/WebServer) ![https://github.com/SamJakob/WebServer/issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/SamJakob/WebServer)

An Objective-C WebServer with WebSockets support implemented using BSD's POSIX socket APIs and utilizing Grand Central Dispatch for multithreading.

The routing API is heavily inspired by [Express.js](https://expressjs.com/) (my actual preference for building web applications)

and the repository also includes a very basic simple ncurses-based CLI.



```objc

[server on:GET path:@"/" execute:^(Request* request, Response* response){

    [response append:@"
hi
"];

}];

```


```objc

[server onWebSocketConnection:@"/echo" execute:^(Request* request, WebSocket* socket){

  [socket onMessage:^(NSString* message){

    // Simply sends the received message back to the client.

    [socket sendString:message];

  }];

}];

```

## Features

- Fast and lightweight.

- Fully asynchronous handlers for HTTP requests.

- Supports CRUD methods (`GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`).

- Express.js-derived API emphasizing readability.

- IPv4 support.

- WebSocket support out of the box.