GCDWebServer is a modern and lightweight GCD based HTTP 1.1 server designed to be embedded in iOS, macOS & tvOS apps. Elegant and easy to use architecture with only 4 core classes: server, connection, request and response. Well designed API with fully documented headers for easy integration and customization. Entirely built with an event-driven design using Grand Central Dispatch for best performance and concurrency. No dependencies on third-party source code. Parser for web forms submitted using "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" or "multipart/form-data" encodings (including file uploads). Allow implementation of fully asynchronous handlers of incoming HTTP requests. Minimize memory usage with disk streaming of large HTTP request or response bodies. Automatically handle transitions between foreground, background and suspended modes in iOS apps. Full support for both IPv4 and IPv6.
Features
- JSON parsing and serialization for request and response HTTP bodies
- Chunked transfer encoding for request and response HTTP bodies
- HTTP compression with gzip for request and response HTTP bodies
- HTTP range support for requests of local files
- Basic and Digest Access authentications for password protection
- NAT port mapping (IPv4 only)
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