HTTP Download From Java Server

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I need to write a small java server that can be accessed through a web browser to download a file, preferably using sockets. Could anyone point me in the right direction as I can only find examples for the reverse (downloading from http using a java client).

Thanks,

Tom

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '12 at 23:34

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Don't reinvent the wheel if you don't have to, embed Jetty to do this: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Tutorial/Embedding_Jetty

answered Aug 27 '12 at 23:34

jonathan.cone

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That's sorta the heavy weight way to do it but I know from experience it works really well. :-) – djangofan Aug 28 '12 at 00:04
Does this come in the standard java? It's for a computing course so unfortunately I can't use things that make it easier. I have used sockets throughout the rest of it, and I think that's what they want us to do. – user1594409 Aug 28 '12 at 06:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 27 '12 at 23:47

Depending on your over all requirements (ie protocol restrictions), you could start be looking at

All about sockets
As has already been mentioned, you could look into using Jetty
Apache or Tomcat
Just about any other HTTP server??

Much of what it will come down to is:

How much complexity you want to get into (time and energy)

djangofan · Answer 3 · 2012-08-28T00:12:00.760

You can also use 3rd party libraries for this such as JBoss Netty and Apache MINA or Apache HTTP Comp . Also, I don't know much about it, but the new JDK7 has some new NIO apis which might possibly do the job also.

Here is a sample HTTP Server written with Apache HC.

NOTE: I think the trendy way of doing this sort of thing is to use "Web Sockets" which you will find info about that in the links I provided.

HTTP Download From Java Server

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