NanoHttpd is an

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, small-footprint

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that is suitable for embedding in applications, written in the

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programming language. The source code consists of a single ''.java'' file. It can be used as a library component in developing other software (such as measurement, science, and database applications) or as a standalone ad-hoc style

HTTP The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, ...

daemon for serving files. NanoHttpd is available in two "flavors" - one utilizing up-to-date Java features and one strictly conforming to Java 1.1. Due to independence from

features beyond

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1.1, NanoHttpd is suited for embedded application development. NanoHttpd has been used to build, for example,

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software. The original version, released in 2003, only included simple HTTP 1.0 features, but the software has since been extended to support some more advanced techniques such as HTTP 'keep-alive' connections, full REST style HTTP Methods,

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video streaming or

uploading through multipart extensions.Togias, Konstantinos
"KtoHTTPD: Adding multipart/form-data support to NanoHTTPD embedable java web server"
retrieved 2011-11-13 Current version includes

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and experimental

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support.

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* Free web server software {{network-software-stub

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