Descrition: Http client built a transport layer connection with the server for the purpose of communication. This transport layer virtual circuit is built with the help of mostly TCP.It is a program that establishes connections for the purpose of sending requests. There are various kinds of requests which a HTTP client can send, but in this implementation there are two mandatory requests which were implemented in the first phase of the assignment.
- GET: Fetch a file from a server and store it into local file system.
- PUT: push a file to a given server provided by user from a local file system.
- Post
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Installation Instructions and requirements:
- Just write “make” in the terminal. Make sure while using “PUT” feature, the file is in the same directory
4.User Instructions: The make file generates the executable ./client.
GET & PUT METHOD
*./client <GET/PUT><DNS>:<PORT>/<filename>
for example
GET
*./client GET nwprog1.netlab.hut.fi:3000/index
PUT
*./client PUT nwprog1.netlabt.hut.fi:3000/index
POST METHOD
./client <POST><SERVERDNS>:<PORT>/<lookupname><querytype>
for example you want to find ip address for www.google.com and query A
*./client POST nwprog1.netlab.hut.fi:8934/www.google.com A
The results of the post query will be saved in the results.txt.In command line you can only write "Get"/"GET" and "Put"/"PUT" Other than that program will not be implemented.The file you want to upload during the HTTP put should be in the same directory shown in the terminal.
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