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+/*
+  A trivial static http webserver using Libevent's evhttp.
+
+  This is not the best code in the world, and it does some fairly stupid stuff
+  that you would never want to do in a production webserver. Caveat hackor!
+
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <io.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#ifndef S_ISDIR
+#define S_ISDIR(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
+#endif
+#else
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <event2/event.h>
+#include <event2/http.h>
+#include <event2/buffer.h>
+#include <event2/util.h>
+#include <event2/keyvalq_struct.h>
+
+#ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+# ifdef _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
+#  include <arpa/inet.h>
+# endif
+#endif
+
+/* Compatibility for possible missing IPv6 declarations */
+#include "../util-internal.h"
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#define stat _stat
+#define fstat _fstat
+#define open _open
+#define close _close
+#define O_RDONLY _O_RDONLY
+#endif
+
+char uri_root[512];
+
+static const struct table_entry {
+	const char *extension;
+	const char *content_type;
+} content_type_table[] = {
+	{ "txt", "text/plain" },
+	{ "c", "text/plain" },
+	{ "h", "text/plain" },
+	{ "html", "text/html" },
+	{ "htm", "text/htm" },
+	{ "css", "text/css" },
+	{ "gif", "image/gif" },
+	{ "jpg", "image/jpeg" },
+	{ "jpeg", "image/jpeg" },
+	{ "png", "image/png" },
+	{ "pdf", "application/pdf" },
+	{ "ps", "application/postsript" },
+	{ NULL, NULL },
+};
+
+/* Try to guess a good content-type for 'path' */
+static const char *
+guess_content_type(const char *path)
+{
+	const char *last_period, *extension;
+	const struct table_entry *ent;
+	last_period = strrchr(path, '.');
+	if (!last_period || strchr(last_period, '/'))
+		goto not_found; /* no exension */
+	extension = last_period + 1;
+	for (ent = &content_type_table[0]; ent->extension; ++ent) {
+		if (!evutil_ascii_strcasecmp(ent->extension, extension))
+			return ent->content_type;
+	}
+
+not_found:
+	return "application/misc";
+}
+
+/* Callback used for the /dump URI, and for every non-GET request:
+ * dumps all information to stdout and gives back a trivial 200 ok */
+static void
+dump_request_cb(struct evhttp_request *req, void *arg)
+{
+	const char *cmdtype;
+	struct evkeyvalq *headers;
+	struct evkeyval *header;
+	struct evbuffer *buf;
+
+	switch (evhttp_request_get_command(req)) {
+	case EVHTTP_REQ_GET: cmdtype = "GET"; break;
+	case EVHTTP_REQ_POST: cmdtype = "POST"; break;
+	case EVHTTP_REQ_HEAD: cmdtype = "HEAD"; break;
+	case EVHTTP_REQ_PUT: cmdtype = "PUT"; break;
+	case EVHTTP_REQ_DELETE: cmdtype = "DELETE"; break;
+	case EVHTTP_REQ_OPTIONS: cmdtype = "OPTIONS"; break;
+	case EVHTTP_REQ_TRACE: cmdtype = "TRACE"; break;
+	case EVHTTP_REQ_CONNECT: cmdtype = "CONNECT"; break;
+	case EVHTTP_REQ_PATCH: cmdtype = "PATCH"; break;
+	default: cmdtype = "unknown"; break;
+	}
+
+	printf("Received a %s request for %s\nHeaders:\n",
+	    cmdtype, evhttp_request_get_uri(req));
+
+	headers = evhttp_request_get_input_headers(req);
+	for (header = headers->tqh_first; header;
+	    header = header->next.tqe_next) {
+		printf("  %s: %s\n", header->key, header->value);
+	}
+
+	buf = evhttp_request_get_input_buffer(req);
+	puts("Input data: <<<");
+	while (evbuffer_get_length(buf)) {
+		int n;
+		char cbuf[128];
+		n = evbuffer_remove(buf, cbuf, sizeof(cbuf));
+		if (n > 0)
+			(void) fwrite(cbuf, 1, n, stdout);
+	}
+	puts(">>>");
+
+	evhttp_send_reply(req, 200, "OK", NULL);
+}
+
+/* This callback gets invoked when we get any http request that doesn't match
+ * any other callback.  Like any evhttp server callback, it has a simple job:
+ * it must eventually call evhttp_send_error() or evhttp_send_reply().
+ */
+static void
+send_document_cb(struct evhttp_request *req, void *arg)
+{
+	struct evbuffer *evb = NULL;
+	const char *docroot = arg;
+	const char *uri = evhttp_request_get_uri(req);
+	struct evhttp_uri *decoded = NULL;
+	const char *path;
+	char *decoded_path;
+	char *whole_path = NULL;
+	size_t len;
+	int fd = -1;
+	struct stat st;
+
+	if (evhttp_request_get_command(req) != EVHTTP_REQ_GET) {
+		dump_request_cb(req, arg);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	printf("Got a GET request for <%s>\n",  uri);
+
+	/* Decode the URI */
+	decoded = evhttp_uri_parse(uri);
+	if (!decoded) {
+		printf("It's not a good URI. Sending BADREQUEST\n");
+		evhttp_send_error(req, HTTP_BADREQUEST, 0);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Let's see what path the user asked for. */
+	path = evhttp_uri_get_path(decoded);
+	if (!path) path = "/";
+
+	/* We need to decode it, to see what path the user really wanted. */
+	decoded_path = evhttp_uridecode(path, 0, NULL);
+	if (decoded_path == NULL)
+		goto err;
+	/* Don't allow any ".."s in the path, to avoid exposing stuff outside
+	 * of the docroot.  This test is both overzealous and underzealous:
+	 * it forbids aceptable paths like "/this/one..here", but it doesn't
+	 * do anything to prevent symlink following." */
+	if (strstr(decoded_path, ".."))
+		goto err;
+
+	len = strlen(decoded_path)+strlen(docroot)+2;
+	if (!(whole_path = malloc(len))) {
+		perror("malloc");
+		goto err;
+	}
+	evutil_snprintf(whole_path, len, "%s/%s", docroot, decoded_path);
+
+	if (stat(whole_path, &st)<0) {
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	/* This holds the content we're sending. */
+	evb = evbuffer_new();
+
+	if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+		/* If it's a directory, read the comments and make a little
+		 * index page */
+#ifdef WIN32
+		HANDLE d;
+		WIN32_FIND_DATAA ent;
+		char *pattern;
+		size_t dirlen;
+#else
+		DIR *d;
+		struct dirent *ent;
+#endif
+		const char *trailing_slash = "";
+
+		if (!strlen(path) || path[strlen(path)-1] != '/')
+			trailing_slash = "/";
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+		dirlen = strlen(whole_path);
+		pattern = malloc(dirlen+3);
+		memcpy(pattern, whole_path, dirlen);
+		pattern[dirlen] = '\\';
+		pattern[dirlen+1] = '*';
+		pattern[dirlen+2] = '\0';
+		d = FindFirstFileA(pattern, &ent);
+		free(pattern);
+		if (d == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+			goto err;
+#else
+		if (!(d = opendir(whole_path)))
+			goto err;
+#endif
+
+		evbuffer_add_printf(evb, "<html>\n <head>\n"
+		    "  <title>%s</title>\n"
+		    "  <base href='%s%s%s'>\n"
+		    " </head>\n"
+		    " <body>\n"
+		    "  <h1>%s</h1>\n"
+		    "  <ul>\n",
+		    decoded_path, /* XXX html-escape this. */
+		    uri_root, path, /* XXX html-escape this? */
+		    trailing_slash,
+		    decoded_path /* XXX html-escape this */);
+#ifdef WIN32
+		do {
+			const char *name = ent.cFileName;
+#else
+		while ((ent = readdir(d))) {
+			const char *name = ent->d_name;
+#endif
+			evbuffer_add_printf(evb,
+			    "    <li><a href=\"%s\">%s</a>\n",
+			    name, name);/* XXX escape this */
+#ifdef WIN32
+		} while (FindNextFileA(d, &ent));
+#else
+		}
+#endif
+		evbuffer_add_printf(evb, "</ul></body></html>\n");
+#ifdef WIN32
+		FindClose(d);
+#else
+		closedir(d);
+#endif
+		evhttp_add_header(evhttp_request_get_output_headers(req),
+		    "Content-Type", "text/html");
+	} else {
+		/* Otherwise it's a file; add it to the buffer to get
+		 * sent via sendfile */
+		const char *type = guess_content_type(decoded_path);
+		if ((fd = open(whole_path, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
+			perror("open");
+			goto err;
+		}
+
+		if (fstat(fd, &st)<0) {
+			/* Make sure the length still matches, now that we
+			 * opened the file :/ */
+			perror("fstat");
+			goto err;
+		}
+		evhttp_add_header(evhttp_request_get_output_headers(req),
+		    "Content-Type", type);
+		evbuffer_add_file(evb, fd, 0, st.st_size);
+	}
+
+	evhttp_send_reply(req, 200, "OK", evb);
+	goto done;
+err:
+	evhttp_send_error(req, 404, "Document was not found");
+	if (fd>=0)
+		close(fd);
+done:
+	if (decoded)
+		evhttp_uri_free(decoded);
+	if (decoded_path)
+		free(decoded_path);
+	if (whole_path)
+		free(whole_path);
+	if (evb)
+		evbuffer_free(evb);
+}
+
+static void
+syntax(void)
+{
+	fprintf(stdout, "Syntax: http-server <docroot>\n");
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct event_base *base;
+	struct evhttp *http;
+	struct evhttp_bound_socket *handle;
+
+	unsigned short port = 0;
+#ifdef WIN32
+	WSADATA WSAData;
+	WSAStartup(0x101, &WSAData);
+#else
+	if (signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN) == SIG_ERR)
+		return (1);
+#endif
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		syntax();
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	base = event_base_new();
+	if (!base) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create an event_base: exiting\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/* Create a new evhttp object to handle requests. */
+	http = evhttp_new(base);
+	if (!http) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "couldn't create evhttp. Exiting.\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/* The /dump URI will dump all requests to stdout and say 200 ok. */
+	evhttp_set_cb(http, "/dump", dump_request_cb, NULL);
+
+	/* We want to accept arbitrary requests, so we need to set a "generic"
+	 * cb.  We can also add callbacks for specific paths. */
+	evhttp_set_gencb(http, send_document_cb, argv[1]);
+
+	/* Now we tell the evhttp what port to listen on */
+	handle = evhttp_bind_socket_with_handle(http, "0.0.0.0", port);
+	if (!handle) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "couldn't bind to port %d. Exiting.\n",
+		    (int)port);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	{
+		/* Extract and display the address we're listening on. */
+		struct sockaddr_storage ss;
+		evutil_socket_t fd;
+		ev_socklen_t socklen = sizeof(ss);
+		char addrbuf[128];
+		void *inaddr;
+		const char *addr;
+		int got_port = -1;
+		fd = evhttp_bound_socket_get_fd(handle);
+		memset(&ss, 0, sizeof(ss));
+		if (getsockname(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&ss, &socklen)) {
+			perror("getsockname() failed");
+			return 1;
+		}
+		if (ss.ss_family == AF_INET) {
+			got_port = ntohs(((struct sockaddr_in*)&ss)->sin_port);
+			inaddr = &((struct sockaddr_in*)&ss)->sin_addr;
+		} else if (ss.ss_family == AF_INET6) {
+			got_port = ntohs(((struct sockaddr_in6*)&ss)->sin6_port);
+			inaddr = &((struct sockaddr_in6*)&ss)->sin6_addr;
+		} else {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Weird address family %d\n",
+			    ss.ss_family);
+			return 1;
+		}
+		addr = evutil_inet_ntop(ss.ss_family, inaddr, addrbuf,
+		    sizeof(addrbuf));
+		if (addr) {
+			printf("Listening on %s:%d\n", addr, got_port);
+			evutil_snprintf(uri_root, sizeof(uri_root),
+			    "http://%s:%d",addr,got_port);
+		} else {
+			fprintf(stderr, "evutil_inet_ntop failed\n");
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	event_base_dispatch(base);
+
+	return 0;
+}