1## What is "nanohttpd"? 2 3*NanoHttpd* is a light-weight HTTP server designed for embedding in other applications. 4 5*NanoHttpd* has been released under a Modified BSD licence. 6 7## Core Features 8* Only one Java file, providing HTTP 1.1 support. 9* 2 "flavors" - one at "current" standards and one strictly Java 1.1 compatible. 10* Released as open source, free software, under a Modified BSD licence. 11* No fixed config files, logging, authorization etc. (Implement by yourself if you need them.) 12* Experimental support for SSL (see the 'ssl-support' branch in git) 13* Basic support for cookies 14* Supports parameter parsing of GET and POST methods. 15* Rudimentary PUT support (added in 1.25). 16* Support for HEAD and DELETE requests. 17* Supports single and multi-value parameters (w/ a helper method) if needed. 18* Supports file upload (since version 1.2, 2010) with minimal memory overhead. 19* Never caches anything. 20* Doesn't limit bandwidth, request time or simultaneous connections. 21* All header names are converted lowercase so they don't vary between browsers/clients. 22* Very low memory overhead when processing even the largest of requests. 23* Temp file usage and threading model are easily cutomized. 24* Persistent connections (Connection "keep-alive") support allowing multiple requests to be served over a single socket connection. 25 26## Websocket Support 27* Tested on Firefox, Chrome and IE. 28 29## Webserver Features 30* Supports both dynamic content and file serving. 31* Default code serves files and shows all HTTP parameters and headers. 32* File server supports directory listing, ```index.html``` and ```index.htm```. 33* File server supports partial content (streaming). 34* File server supports ETags. 35* File server does the 301 redirection trick for directories without ```/```. 36* File server supports simple skipping for files (continue download). 37* File server serves also very long files without memory overhead. 38* Contains a built-in list of most common mime types. 39* Runtime extension support (extensions that serve particular mime types) - example extension that serves Markdown formatted files. Simply including an extension JAR in the webserver classpath is enough for the extension to be loaded. 40 41*Thank you to everyone who has reported bugs and suggested fixes.* 42