how to parse http request in c++

Question

I\'m trying to write a small c++ webserver which handles GET, POST, HEAD requests. My problem is I don\'t know how to parse the headers, message body, etc. It\'s listening on th

Answer 1

Yes, this is basically just string parsing and then the response creating that goes back to the browser, following the specification.

But if this is not just an hobby project and you do not want to take on a really big task you should use either Apache, if you need a web server you need to extend, or tntnet, if you need a c++ web framework, or cpp-netlib if you need C++ network stuff.