# osasazamegbe/http-server architecture

> Architecture diagram of the GitHub repository osasazamegbe/http-server, generated by GitDiagram from its file tree, README and a sample of source files (last updated 2026-11-10). It is an AI-made overview: check details against the source.

- Interactive diagram: https://gitdiagram.com/osasazamegbe/http-server
- Repository: https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server

## Overview

This educational C++ HTTP server accepts TCP connections synchronously and returns a fixed HTML response. The README describes a listening socket, queued connections, request reading, and a dummy response; the excerpts show the concrete accept/read/respond loop, but no thread queue or request parsing. Linux and Windows implementations are separate. The edges below follow the shown entry points and calls; the Linux executable’s build/runtime wiring is documented but not shown in an excerpted build configuration.

Main entry points: [`http_tcpserver.cpp`](https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/http_tcpserver.cpp) (Windows TCP server), [`http_tcpServer_linux.cpp`](https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/http_tcpServer_linux.cpp) (Linux TCP server), [`server.cpp`](https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/server.cpp) (Windows entry), [`server_linux.cpp`](https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/server_linux.cpp) (Linux entry)

## Diagram (Mermaid)

```mermaid
flowchart TD

subgraph group_entry["Executables"]
  node_windows_main["Windows entry<br/>[server.cpp]"]
  node_linux_main["Linux entry<br/>[server_linux.cpp]"]
end

subgraph group_win["Windows server"]
  node_windows_server["Windows TCP server<br/>[http_tcpserver.cpp]"]
  node_windows_api["Windows server interface<br/>[http_tcpserver.h]"]
end

subgraph group_linux["Linux server"]
  node_linux_server["Linux TCP server"]
  node_linux_api["Linux server interface"]
end

node_browser(("HTTP client"))

node_windows_main -->|"starts listening"| node_windows_server
node_linux_main -->|"starts listening"| node_linux_server
node_browser -.->|"connects to"| node_windows_server
node_browser -.->|"connects to"| node_linux_server
node_windows_server -->|"sends response"| node_browser
node_linux_server -->|"sends response"| node_browser
node_windows_server -.->|"implements"| node_windows_api
node_linux_server -.->|"implements"| node_linux_api

click node_windows_main "https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/server.cpp"
click node_linux_main "https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/server_linux.cpp"
click node_windows_server "https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/http_tcpserver.cpp"
click node_windows_api "https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/http_tcpserver.h"
click node_linux_server "https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/http_tcpServer_linux.cpp"
click node_linux_api "https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/http_tcpServer_linux.h"

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classDef toneBlue fill:#dbeafe,stroke:#2563eb,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#172554
classDef toneAmber fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#d97706,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#78350f
classDef toneMint fill:#dcfce7,stroke:#16a34a,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#14532d
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classDef toneTeal fill:#ccfbf1,stroke:#0f766e,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#134e4a
class node_windows_main,node_linux_main,node_browser toneBlue
class node_windows_server,node_windows_api toneAmber
class node_linux_server,node_linux_api toneMint
```

## Components

### Executables

- [Windows entry](https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/server.cpp): `server.cpp`
- [Linux entry](https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/server_linux.cpp): `server_linux.cpp`

### Windows server

- [Windows TCP server](https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/http_tcpserver.cpp): `http_tcpserver.cpp`
- [Windows server interface](https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/http_tcpserver.h): `http_tcpserver.h`

### Linux server

- [Linux TCP server](https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/http_tcpServer_linux.cpp): `http_tcpServer_linux.cpp`
- [Linux server interface](https://github.com/osasazamegbe/http-server/blob/main/http_tcpServer_linux.h): `http_tcpServer_linux.h`

### Other components

- **HTTP client**

## Connections

- Windows entry → Windows TCP server: starts listening (evidence: `server.cpp`)
- Linux entry → Linux TCP server: starts listening (evidence: `server_linux.cpp`)
- HTTP client → Windows TCP server: connects to (evidence: `README.md`)
- HTTP client → Linux TCP server: connects to (evidence: `README.md`)
- Windows TCP server → HTTP client: sends response (evidence: `http_tcpserver.cpp`)
- Linux TCP server → HTTP client: sends response (evidence: `http_tcpServer_linux.cpp`)
- Windows TCP server → Windows server interface: implements (evidence: `http_tcpserver.h`)
- Linux TCP server → Linux server interface: implements (evidence: `http_tcpServer_linux.h`)