/* This file is part of libhttpserver Copyright (C) 2011-2025 Sebastiano Merlino This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ // shared_state.cpp - the canonical example of when the class form is the // right shape. // // The lambda form (see hello_world.cpp) is the recommended idiom for // stateless endpoints. When two HTTP methods on the same path share // mutable state, however, two independent lambdas cannot safely capture // the same data: each handler is invoked concurrently from libmicrohttpd // worker threads, and there is no natural object lifetime that both // lambdas can attach to. // // An http_resource subclass solves this cleanly. The resource owns the // shared data, every render_* override is a member function with access // to it, and a single std::mutex guards every mutation and read. #include #include #include #include class counter : public httpserver::http_resource { public: httpserver::http_response render_get(const httpserver::http_request&) override { std::lock_guard lk(m_); return httpserver::http_response::string(std::to_string(n_)); } httpserver::http_response render_post(const httpserver::http_request&) override { std::lock_guard lk(m_); ++n_; return httpserver::http_response::string(std::to_string(n_)).with_status(201); } private: std::mutex m_; int n_ = 0; }; int main() { httpserver::webserver ws{httpserver::create_webserver(8080)}; ws.register_path("/counter", std::make_unique()); ws.start(true); }