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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#define PORT 8080
#define BUFFER_SIZE 1024
void respond(int client_socket) {
char *response =
"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
"Content-Length: 61\r\n"
"\r\n"
"<html><body><h1>Hello, World!</h1></body></html>";
write(client_socket, response, strlen(response));
}
int main() {
int server_socket, client_socket;
struct sockaddr_in server_addr, client_addr;
socklen_t client_addr_len = sizeof(client_addr);
// Create socket
server_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (server_socket < 0) {
perror("Socket creation failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// Set up address struct
memset(&server_addr, 0, sizeof(server_addr));
server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
server_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT);
// Bind socket
if (bind(server_socket, (struct sockaddr*)&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr)) < 0) {
perror("Bind failed");
close(server_socket);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// Listen for connections
if (listen(server_socket, 3) < 0) {
perror("Listen failed");
close(server_socket);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("Server is running on port %d\n", PORT);
// Accept connections
while (1) {
client_socket = accept(server_socket, (struct sockaddr*)&client_addr, &client_addr_len);
if (client_socket < 0) {
perror("Accept failed");
continue;
}
respond(client_socket);
close(client_socket);
}
close(server_socket);
return 0;
}
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LGTM! 👍

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rexim commented Jan 31, 2026

@bit69tream thank you! ❤️

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