Go Web Server

This project is a minimal yet fully functional web server made from scratch in go programming language and this web server is built on top of golang's built-in "net/http" package

⭐️ Features

• Dynamic route handling (/page1, /page2)
• Static file serving (e.g., HTML, CSS, JS) from the public/ directory
• Dynamic API proxying using a public API (catfact.ninja)
• HTTPS support with self-signed certificates (cert.pem and key.pem) that enables TLS encryption
• Web server works with http1.1 protocol

🧩 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Go 1.25.1+ installed
• (Optional) run following command in terminal for generating local TLS certificates

openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365 -nodes

📦 Clone and Run

git clone https://github.com/neelkumar01/webserver.git
cd webserver/myserver
go run main.go

📁 Project Structure

webserver/
└── myserver/
    ├── public/                 # Static files directory
    │   ├── about/              # Served at /about/
    │   │   ├── index.html
    │   │   └── style.css
    │   └── root/               # Served at /
    │       ├── index.html
    │       └── style.css
    ├── cert.pem                # TLS certificate (for HTTPS)
    ├── key.pem                 # TLS private key
    ├── go.mod                  # Go module file
    └── main.go                 # Main application entry point

The server listens on port 9999 for https

https://localhost:9999/

🗳️ Dependency Management

No external dependencies are used. All logic is built using Go's standard library:

• net/http
• fmt
• io
• log