This is a starting point for Python solutions to the "Build Your Own HTTP server" Challenge.
HTTP is the protocol that powers the web. In this challenge, you'll build a HTTP/1.1 server that is capable of serving multiple clients.
Along the way you'll learn about TCP servers, HTTP request syntax, and more.
Note: If you're viewing this repo on GitHub, head over to codecrafters.io to try the challenge.
This project is a simple HTTP server implemented in pure Python using low-level socket programming. It was developed as part of a learning exercise to better understand how HTTP servers work under the hood, without relying on external frameworks like Flask or FastAPI.
The server supports basic GET and POST requests and provides a lightweight routing system. It includes support for dynamic endpoints such as /echo/<message> which returns the message back, /user-agent which returns the client's user agent, and /files/<filename> for serving and saving files.
A Router class is used to map paths to handler functions, and a ThreadPoolExecutor is used to allow handling multiple clients concurrently in a simple multi-threaded fashion.
Please note that this implementation is intended for testing and educational purposes only. For production-level or large-scale systems, asynchronous (async) approaches using libraries like asyncio, aiohttp, or ASGI-based servers such as uvicorn are recommended to ensure scalability and performance.