add enum for request method for easy switch statements

http_stuff.c

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 http_request* create_http_request() {
     http_request* req = (http_request*)malloc(sizeof(http_request));
-    req->method = NULL;
+    req->method_str = NULL;
     req->url = NULL;
     req->num_headers = 0;
     req->headers = NULL;
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ void free_http_request(http_request* req) {
         printf("Attempting to free NULL request\n");
         return;
     }
-    if (req->method != NULL) {
+    if (req->method_str != NULL) {
-        free(req->method);
+        free(req->method_str);
-        req->method = NULL;
+        req->method_str = NULL;
     }
     if (req->url != NULL) {
         free(req->url);
@@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ void print_http_request(http_request* req) {
         printf("Attempting to print NULL request\n");
         return;
     }
-    if (req->method == NULL) {
+    printf("Method: %s\n", (req->method_str == NULL) ? "" : req->method_str);
-    }
-    printf("Method: %s\n", (req->method == NULL) ? "" : req->method);
     printf("URL: %s\n", (req->url == NULL) ? "" : req->url);
     printf("Headers:\n");
     for (int i = 0; i < req->num_headers; i++) {

http_stuff.h

@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+typedef enum {
+    GET,
+    POST,
+    PUT,
+    DELETE,
+} http_method;
+
 /**
  * Stores a key-value pair for http headers
  */
@@ -18,7 +25,8 @@ struct header_kv {
  * Stores an HTTP request
  */
 struct http_request {
-    char* method;
+    http_method method;
+    char* method_str;
     char* url;
     int num_headers;
     struct header_kv* headers;

request_handler.c

@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ void handle_request(char* request, int length, char* response,
     // request_info_print(req);
     free_http_request(req);
 
+    // Switch statement to handle different request types
+    // switch (req->method)
+    // {
+    // case GET:
+    //     /* code */
+    //     break;
+
+    // default:
+    //     break;
+    // }
+
+    // Create response
+
     // Create reponse string
     char* ptr_temp = response;
     char* temp =
@@ -43,16 +56,31 @@ void parse_http_request(char* request, int length, struct http_request* req) {
         return;
     }
 
-    // Extract request type
+    // Extract request method
     char* type_start = request;
     char* type_end = strstr(type_start, " ");
     if (type_end == NULL) {
         printf("Invalid packet (method)\n");
         return;
     }
-    req->method = (char*)malloc(type_end - type_start + 1);
+    char* type = (char*)malloc(type_end - type_start + 1);
-    strncpy(req->method, type_start, type_end - type_start);
+    strncpy(type, type_start, type_end - type_start);
-    req->method[type_end - type_start] = '\0';
+    type[type_end - type_start] = '\0';
+    if (strcmp(type, "GET") == 0) {
+        req->method = GET;
+    } else if (strcmp(type, "POST") == 0) {
+        req->method = POST;
+    } else if (strcmp(type, "PUT") == 0) {
+        req->method = PUT;
+    } else if (strcmp(type, "DELETE") == 0) {
+        req->method = DELETE;
+    } else {
+        printf("Invalid packet (method)\n");
+        return;
+    }
+    req->method_str = (char*)malloc(type_end - type_start + 1);
+    strncpy(req->method_str, type_start, type_end - type_start);
+    req->method_str[type_end - type_start] = '\0';
 
     // Extract URL
     char* url_start = type_end + 1;