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commit:1f663d2aa139488f6d874775cbf8e67f635f99fa
date:Mon Feb 23 15:21:57 2026 +1100
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# webc
+
+Web server in C.
+
+Based off code I grokked from https://github.com/rexim/tore.

diff --git a/webcd.c b/webcd.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    const char *addr = "127.0.0.1";
+    uint16_t port = 6969;
+    int server_fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (server_fd < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: could not create socket: %d\n", errno);
+        return(1);
+    }
+
+    int option = 1;
+
+    setsockopt(server_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &option, sizeof(option));
+    struct sockaddr_in server_addr;
+    memset(&server_addr, 0, sizeof(server_addr));
+    server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    server_addr.sin_port = htons(port);
+    server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(addr);
+
+    ssize_t err = bind(server_fd, (struct sockaddr*) &server_addr, sizeof(server_addr));
+    if (err != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: could not bind sock: %d\n", errno);
+        return(1);
+    }
+
+    err = listen(server_fd, 69);
+    if (err != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: could not listen to socket: %d\n", errno);
+        return(1);
+    }
+
+    printf("listening to http://%s:%d\n", addr, port);
+
+    const char *body = "Hello world!";
+    size_t body_len = strlen(body);
+
+    char response[1024];
+    int response_len = snprintf(response, sizeof(response),
+            "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+            "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n"
+            "Connection: close\r\n"
+            "Content-Length: %zu\r\n"
+            "\r\n"
+            "%s",
+            body_len, body);
+
+    if (response_len < 0 || (size_t) response_len >= sizeof(response)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: response buffer too small\n");
+        return(1);
+    }
+
+    for (;;) {
+        struct sockaddr_in client_addr;
+        socklen_t client_addrlen = sizeof(client_addr);
+        int client_fd = accept(server_fd, (struct sockaddr*) &client_addr, &client_addrlen);
+        if (client_fd <0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: could not accept connection: %d\n", errno);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        char buffer[1024];
+        recv(client_fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0);
+
+        if(write(client_fd, response, response_len) < 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: could not write response: %d\n", errno);
+        }
+
+        close(client_fd);
+    }
+
+    close(server_fd);
+    return(0);
+}
+