This project implements a high-performance, multi-threaded HTTP proxy server with LRU (Least Recently Used) caching functionality. Designed for scalability and efficiency, it excels at handling a high volume of concurrent client requests, specifically focusing on GET requests for this initial implementation.
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Scalable Threading: It includes multithreading for efficient concurrent client connection management, maximizing server throughput.
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LRU Caching: Optimizes performance for frequently accessed URLs by implementing an LRU cache with customizable capacity and eviction strategy.
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Robust Error Handling: Gracefully handles various error scenarios like invalid requests, connection failures, and internal server errors, providing informative error responses to clients using well-defined HTTP status codes.
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Cross-Platform Compatibility: Leverages standard C libraries (pthread, socket) for broad compatibility across different operating systems.
- Language: C
- Concurrency Model: Multithreading using POSIX threads (pthread)
- Networking: TCP sockets
- Caching: LRU implementation (customizable size and eviction policy)
- Clone this project in your device
git clone https://github.com/theshubh007/HttpProxy_Server_with_Cache.git
- This automates the execution of build instructions based on dependencies specified in the Makefile.
make
- Start the proxy server on port 8080:
./proxy XXXX( replace X with any port eg.8080)
- As next step call the GET request
http://localhost:XXXX/https://www.cs.princeton.edu/
(Replace XXXX with previously entered port eg.8080)
(This princeton website follows GET request category, that's why we're testing on it)
