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beast

Beast is now part of Boost, please visit (and Star!) the official repository

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Observed mentions: 2016-04-22 20:49:27 UTC to 2017-07-08 21:23:59 UTC.

012016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsApr 20162016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsNov 20162016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJul 2017

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Apr 20162016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC110
May 20162016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20162016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
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Dec 20162016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20172017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20172017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20172017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20172017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20172017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Jul 20172017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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vinniefalco·Jun 17, 2017Submission

*FULL* HTTP/WebSocket Server Framework, C++11 Header-Only, Beast and Boost.Asio

The Beast library now offers a complete server framework as an example you can build and run: https://github.com/vinniefalco/Beast/tree/master/example/server-framework Its got these features: * Comes with a WebSocket echo port handler (sync and async) * Comes with an HTTP port handler (sync and async) * Configurable PortHandler concept for user-defined behaviors Create your own "ports" by writing a class to take ownership of sockets from incoming connections, plug it in to the server framework, and then publish it as open source so other people can use your ports! The HTTP ports that come with this example are extensible, defining a Service concept which handles HTTP requests. A Service List aggregates Service objects, and the implementation gives each one a chance to handle the request in turn (kind of like a router, but more powerful!)
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The example comes with two services: * file_service serves files from a path on your system, like a web server * ws_upgrade_service lets you accept WebSocket connections from the same port as your web server and hands them off to the websocket port handler! As with PortHandler, you can write your own Service types and plug them into this extensible framework, then share them with other people. For example you could implement a simple Troll-box style WebSocket chat Service which plugs right in to the framework and release that as your own open source library! This is all built on top of Beast to show off the power of the library. People have asked for higher level functionality. You spoke - we listened! Now you can create a richly featured HTTP/WebSocket server in just a matter of seconds by cloning the server-framework example! Beast: https://github.com/vinniefalco/Beast Documentation: http://vinniefalco.github.io/beast/index.html
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