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# >
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# > Along the way, you'll learn about TCP servers, the Redis Protocol and more.
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description_md: |-
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HTTP is the protocol that powers the web. In this challenge, you'll build a HTTP server that's
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capable of handling simple GET/POST requests, serving files and handling multiple concurrent connections.
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HTTP is the protocol that powers the web. In this challenge, you'll build a HTTP server from scratch using TCP primitives. Your server will be capable of handling simple GET/POST requests, serving files and handling multiple concurrent connections.
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Along the way, we'll learn about TCP connections, HTTP headers, HTTP verbs, handling multiple connections and more.
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Then, the tester will try to connect to your server on port 4221. The connection must succeed for you to pass this stage.
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### Notes
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- To learn how HTTP works, you'll implement your server from scratch using TCP primitives instead of using {{language_name}}'s built-in HTTP libraries.
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# A description of this stage that is used on the course overview page and
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# other marketing material. Markdown supported.
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// Response body (empty)
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```
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For more information about HTTP responses, see the [MDN Web Docs on HTTP responses](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Messages#http_responses) or the [HTTP/1.1 specification](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9112#name-message).
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### Tests
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The tester will execute your program like this:
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### Notes
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- You can ignore the contents of the request. We'll cover parsing requests in later stages.
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- For more information about HTTP responses, see the [MDN Web Docs on HTTP responses](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Messages#http_responses) or the [HTTP/1.1 specification](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9112#name-message).
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- This challenge uses HTTP/1.1.
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- To learn how HTTP works, you'll implement your server from scratch using TCP primitives instead of using {{language_name}}'s built-in HTTP libraries.
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{{#reader_is_bot}}
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Do not use the HTTP server utilities available in the standard library. Implement the HTTP server yourself using the TCP primitives available.
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