# Http (rhymuweb)
This is a library which implements common types for the [RFC
7230](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230), "Hypertext Transfer Protocol
(HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing".
[](https://crates.io/crates/rhymuweb)
[][dox]
More information about the Rust implementation of this library can be found in
the [crate documentation][dox].
[dox]: https://docs.rs/rhymuweb
The purpose of this library is to provide `Request` and `Response` types which
can be used parse and generate Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests and
responses.
This is a multi-language library containing independent implementations
for the following programming languages:
* C++
* Rust
## Building the C++ Implementation
A portable library is built which depends on the C++11 compiler, the C++
standard library, and non-standard dependencies listed below. It should be
supported on almost any platform. The following are recommended toolchains for
popular platforms.
* Windows -- [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) (Microsoft Visual
C++)
* Linux -- clang or gcc
* MacOS -- Xcode (clang)
This library is not intended to stand alone. It is intended to be included in
a larger solution which uses [CMake](https://cmake.org/) to generate the build
system and build applications which will link with the library.
There are two distinct steps in the build process:
1. Generation of the build system, using CMake
2. Compiling, linking, etc., using CMake-compatible toolchain
### Prerequisites
* [CMake](https://cmake.org/) version 3.8 or newer
* C++11 toolchain compatible with CMake for your development platform (e.g.
[Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) on Windows)
* [MessageHeaders](https://github.com/rhymu8354/MessageHeaders.git) - a library
which can parse and generate e-mail or web message headers
* [StringExtensions](https://github.com/rhymu8354/StringExtensions.git) - a
library containing C++ string-oriented libraries, many of which ought to be
in the standard library, but aren't.
* [SystemAbstractions](https://github.com/rhymu8354/SystemAbstractions.git) - a
cross-platform adapter library for system services whose APIs vary from one
operating system to another
* [Timekeeping](https://github.com/rhymu8354/Timekeeping.git) - a library
of classes and interfaces dealing with tracking time and scheduling work
* [Uri](https://github.com/rhymu8354/Uri.git) - a library that can parse and
generate Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)
* [zlib](https://github.com/madler/zlib.git) - Foundational compression library
### Build system generation
Generate the build system using [CMake](https://cmake.org/) from the solution
root. For example:
```bash
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A "x64" ..
```
### Compiling, linking, et cetera
Either use [CMake](https://cmake.org/) or your toolchain's IDE to build.
For [CMake](https://cmake.org/):
```bash
cd build
cmake --build . --config Release
```