Thanks Miles! Well this is kind of hacking the code and implement something like CGI handlers in the HTTP server. This is completely fine and I am totally OK with that but I just don't want to re-invent the wheel and do something and then find out that there were a standard and known way to do that. Thanks for your tip! I am already looking in the code. :)
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 2:21 AM Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote: > > On 8/19/18 5:48 PM, Danesh Daroui wrote: > > > Hello all! > > > > I hope that I am posing my question to a relevant mailing list! > > > > I am looking for a solution to implement a RESTful API server. I have > > tested and examined a bunch of solution and now I think the best > > solution is to use a trustworthy, reliable, and robust implementation > > of HTTP protocol such as Apache httpd as HTTP server as base and then > > add my API handlers for REST commands. I am still looking at Apache > > httpd's source code and doesn't really know what is the best way to > > implement a RESTful API that would receive GET/POST/PUT/DELETE, etc. > > commands with appropriate parameters and then send the results. > > > > I am wondering if there is a standard way or similar project that > > somebody else has done? If not, what would be the best way to > > implement this? Should I add a new module that handles RESTful APIs or > > hack into the code and generate the response base on my API when a > > HTTP command is received and send it through httpd? > > > > > Generally, one would vector the URL to a script that would parse the > full set of HTTP headers, and act accordingly. Take a look at the > documentation for how Apache's CGI interface works. You might try > looking around for an apache-based implementation of the Atom Publishing > Protocol for an example. > > Miles Fidelman > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
