jgoulder/netcat-web-server

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netcat Web Server

Serve a web page and inspect HTTP requests using netcat.

Usage

After cloning the repository, make sure that the ncws.h script is executable.

$ chmod +x ncws.h

Run the ncws.h script.

$ ./ncws.h
netcat web server
Listening on 0.0.0.0 8080

In another terminal, make a request to the server using curl.

$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8080

netcat will print the request and send a response.

...
Connection received on localhost 40790
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1:8080
User-Agent: curl/8.11.0
Accept: */*

curl should receive the response and print it.

$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8080
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Hello, World!</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Hello, World!</h1>
</body>
</html>

The script will then resume listening for more requests.

...
Listening on 0.0.0.0 8080

Press CTRL-C to terminate the script.