mongoose/README.md

# Mongoose - Embedded Web Server / Embedded Network Library

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Mongoose is a network library for C/C++.  It provides event-driven non-blocking
APIs for TCP, UDP, HTTP, WebSocket, MQTT, and other protocols.  It is designed
for connecting devices and bringing them online. On the market since 2004, used
by vast number of open source and commercial products - it even runs on the
International Space Station!  Mongoose makes embedded network programming fast,
robust, and easy. Features include:

- Cross-platform:
  - works on Linux/UNIX, MacOS, Windows, Android
  - works on STM32, NXP, ESP32, NRF52, TI, Microchip, and other
  - write code once - and it'll work everywhere
  - ideal for the unification of the network infrastructure code across company
- Built-in protocols: plain TCP/UDP, SNTP, HTTP, MQTT, Websocket, and other
- Asynchronous DNS resolver
- Tiny static and run-time footprint
- Source code is both ISO C and ISO C++ compliant
- Easy to integrate: just copy [mongoose.c](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cesanta/mongoose/master/mongoose.c)
  and [mongoose.h](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cesanta/mongoose/master/mongoose.h) files to your source tree
- Built-in TCP/IP stack with drivers for bare metal or RTOS systems
   - Available drivers: STM32F, STM32H; NXP RT1xxx; TI TM4C; Microchip SAME54; Wiznet W5500
   - A complete Web device dashboard on bare metal ST Nucleo boards is only 6 files
   - For comparison, a CubeIDE generated HTTP example is 400+ files
- Can run on top of an existing TCP/IP stack with BSD API, e.g. lwIP, Zephyr, Azure, etc
- Built-in TLS 1.3 ECC stack. Also can use external TLS libraries - mbedTLS, OpenSSL, or other
- Does not depend on any other software to implement networking
- Built-in firmware updates for STM32 H5, STM32 H7

See https://mongoose.ws/ for complete documentation, videos, case studies, etc.

## Usage Examples

Below are quick snippets that should give an idea how simple the API is and
how easy it is to create applications with it.

Create a simple web server that serves a directory. The behavior of the
HTTP server is specified by its event handler function:

```c
#include "mongoose.h"   // To build, run: cc main.c mongoose.c

// HTTP server event handler function
void ev_handler(struct mg_connection *c, int ev, void *ev_data) {
  if (ev == MG_EV_HTTP_MSG) {
    struct mg_http_message *hm = (struct mg_http_message *) ev_data;
    struct mg_http_serve_opts opts = { .root_dir = "./web_root/" };
    mg_http_serve_dir(c, hm, &opts);
  }
}

int main(void) {
  struct mg_mgr mgr;  // Declare event manager
  mg_mgr_init(&mgr);  // Initialise event manager
  mg_http_listen(&mgr, "http://0.0.0.0:8000", ev_handler, NULL);  // Setup listener
  for (;;) {          // Run an infinite event loop
    mg_mgr_poll(&mgr, 1000);
  }
  return 0;
}
```

HTTP server implements a REST API that returns current time. JSON formatting:
```c
static void ev_handler(struct mg_connection *c, int ev, void *ev_data) {
  if (ev == MG_EV_HTTP_MSG) {
    struct mg_http_message *hm = (struct mg_http_message *) ev_data;
    if (mg_http_match_uri(hm, "/api/time/get")) {
      mg_http_reply(c, 200, "", "{%m:%lu}\n", MG_ESC("time"), time(NULL));
    } else {
      mg_http_reply(c, 500, "", "{%m:%m}\n", MG_ESC("error"), MG_ESC("Unsupported URI")); 
    }
  }
}
```

MQTT client that subscribes to a topic `aa/bb` and prints all incoming messages:

```c
static void ev_handler(struct mg_connection *c, int ev, void *ev_data) {
  if (ev == MG_EV_MQTT_OPEN) {
    struct mg_mqtt_opts opts = {.qos = 1, .topic = mg_str("aa/bb")};
    mg_mqtt_sub(c, &opts);
  } else if (ev == MG_EV_MQTT_MSG) {
    struct mg_mqtt_message *mm = (struct mg_mqtt_message *) ev_data;
    printf("Topic: %.*s, Message: %.*s",
           mm->topic.len, mm->topic.ptr,
           mm->data.len, mm->data.ptr);
  }
}
```

## Commercial use
- Mongoose is used by hundreds of businesses, from Fortune500 giants like
  Siemens, Schneider Electric, Broadcom, Bosch, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Caterpillar to the small businesses
- Used to solve a wide range of business needs, like implementing Web UI
  interface on devices, RESTful API services, telemetry data exchange, remote
  control for a product, remote software updates, remote monitoring, and others
- Deployed to hundreds of millions devices in production environment worldwide
- See [Case Studies](https://mongoose.ws/case-studies/) from our respected
  customers like [Schneider Electric](https://mongoose.ws/case-studies/schneider-electric/) (industrial automation), [Broadcom](https://mongoose.ws/case-studies/broadcom/) (semiconductors), [Pilz](https://mongoose.ws/case-studies/pilz/) (industrial automation), and others
- See [Testimonials](https://mongoose.ws/testimonials/) from engineers that integrated Mongoose in their commercial products
- We provide [Evaluation and Commercial licensing](https://mongoose.ws/licensing/), [support](https://mongoose.ws/support/), consultancy and [integration
  services](https://mongoose.ws/integration/) - don't hesitate to [contact us](https://mongoose.ws/contact/)


## Security

We take security seriously:
1. Mongoose repository runs a
  [continuous integration test powered by GitHub](https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/actions),
  which runs through hundreds of unit tests on every commit to the repository.
  Our [unit tests](https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/tree/master/test)
  are built with modern address sanitizer technologies, which help to find
  security vulnerabilities early
2. Mongoose repository is integrated into Google's
  [oss-fuzz continuous fuzzer](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/list?sort=-opened&can=1&q=proj:mongoose)
  which scans for potential vulnerabilities continuously
3.  We receive periodic vulnerability reports from the independent security
  groups like
  [Cisco Talos](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/talos.html),
  [Microsoft Security Response Center](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc),
  [MITRE Corporation](https://www.mitre.org/),
  [Compass Security](https://www.compass-security.com/en/) and others.
  In case of the vulnerability found, we act according to the industry best
  practice: hold on to the publication, fix the software and notify all our
  customers that have an appropriate subscription
4. Some of our customers (for example NASA)
  have specific security requirements and run independent security audits,
  of which we get notified and in case of any issue, act similar to (3).


## Contributions

Contributions are welcome! Please follow the guidelines below:

- Sign [Cesanta CLA](https://cesanta.com/cla.html) and send GitHub pull request
- Make sure that PRs have only one commit, and deal with one issue only