It's akin to embedding NGINX into your companies own product line. -- Solutions Architect, Bellrock Technology

• Long Polling
• Streaming
• Comet
• Secure Socket Layer (SSL/TLS)
• Path Parameters
• Query Parameters
• Request filters
• Custom Logging
• Multi-path resources
• Customisable HTTP methods
• Compression GZip, Deflate, etc...
• IPv4/IPv6 Network Support
• Asynchronous single threaded architecture
• Built-in Path, Query, and Header conversions
• Service & Resource level authentication
• Service & Resource level error handling
• Secure, Stable, and extensively tested over 3+ years
• Flexibility to address HTTP 1.0/1.1+ compliance
• Active, vibrant community

#include <memory>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <restbed>

using namespace std;
using namespace restbed;

void get_method_handler( const shared_ptr< Session >& session )
{
    const auto request = session->get_request( );

    size_t content_length = 0;
    request->get_header( "Content-Length", content_length );

    session->fetch( content_length, [ ]( const shared_ptr< Session >& session,
                                         const Bytes& body )
    {
        fprintf( stdout, "%.*s\n", ( int ) body.size( ), body.data( ) );

        session->close( OK, "Hello, World!", { { "Content-Length", "13" } } );
    } );
}

int main( const int, const char** )
{
    auto resource = make_shared< Resource >( );
    resource->set_path( "/resource" );
    resource->set_method_handler( "GET", get_method_handler );

    auto settings = make_shared< Settings >( );
    settings->set_port( 1984 );
    settings->set_default_header( "Connection", "close" );

    Service service;
    service.publish( resource );
    service.start( settings );
    
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

More in-depth examples can be found here.

Copyright (c) 2015 Corvusoft Limited, United Kingdom. All rights reserved.

The Restbed Framework is dual licensed; See LICENSE for full details.

Please contact sales@corvusoft.co.uk, for support options including bespoke software development, design consultation, training, mentoring and code review.

Purchase by contacting sales@corvusoft.co.uk for further information.

git clone --recursive https://github.com/corvusoft/restbed.git
mkdir restbed/build
cd restbed/build
cmake [-DBUILD_TESTS=YES] [-DBUILD_EXAMPLES=YES] [-DBUILD_SSL=NO] [-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/output-directory] ..
make [-j CPU_CORES+1] install
make test

You will now find all required components installed in the restbed distribution folder. Please submit all enhancements, proposals, and defects via the issue tracker; Alternatively ask a question on StackOverflow tagged with #restbed.