LIBMICROHTTPD(3)

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💖 LIBMICROHTTPD — bestie, it's the manual page 💖

okay so we're in section 3 of the Library Functions Manual (that's the C library call girlies 💅), and the star of the show is libmicrohttpd — literally the library for embedding HTTP servers. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're doing this.

✨ NAME ✨

libmicrohttpd — the library for embedding HTTP servers 🫶

📚 LIBRARY 📚

library for embedding HTTP servers (libmicrohttpd)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <microhttpd.h>

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one include and you're in the group chat 👑

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

GNU libmicrohttpd (short MHD, iykyk) lets your applications just… easily integrate the functionality of a simple HTTP server. like, effortlessly. main character energy for your C program. and bestie, MHD is a GNU package — certified iconic 👑

the details of the API are all described in comments in the header file, plus there's a detailed reference documentation in Texinfo, a tutorial, and a brief version on the MHD webpage. so many places to read, no excuses 💖

okay so this is the part where we're serious for one sec 🙈

libmicrohttpd is released under both the LGPL Version 2.1 or higher and the GNU GPL with eCos extension. for the details on both licenses please read the respective appendix in the Texinfo manual. two licenses, double the slay, and yes you actually do need to read them 💀

🗂️ FILES 🗂️

  • microhttpd.h — the libmicrohttpd include file 💖
  • libmicrohttpd.so — the libmicrohttpd library ✨

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read those too, bestie, cross-referencing is self care 🌸

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

GNU libmicrohttpd was originally designed by Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> and Chris GauthierDickey <chrisg@cs.du.edu>.

the original implementation was done by Daniel Pittman <depittman@gmail.com> and Christian Grothoff.

SSL/TLS support was added by Sagie Amir using code from GnuTLS 🔥 (secure girlies, we love to see it).

and if you want the full roster — a more detailed list of contributors — see the AUTHORS file in the distribution. they ate, no cap 👑

🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

you can obtain the latest version from Ns: https://www.gnu.org/software/libmicrohttpd/ 🦋

go get it, it's free, it's GNU, it's the moment ✨

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? (not me manifesting one 🙈) report bugs by using Mantis Ns: https://bugs.gnunet.org/set_project.php?project_id=10.

fr fr please report them properly through Mantis, don't just yell into the void, the maintainers need the receipt 💖

okay that's the whole page, you're officially literate in libmicrohttpd 💅 this was Debian's version of the page, dated June 21, 2013, and yes it's serving vintage 2013 energy and still absolutely slaying. periodt. 🎀

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