Simple https web server as command line application

[Karim]

I want to write a simple web server that handle https request. The ssl identity will be store in the keychain. I can read and write from there. But how can I make it running forever application that wait for a http request and respond? I am very new to Mac programming. Experience with iPhone and Java. In CocoaHTTPServer, the samples are GUI applications. All with window and NSApplicationMain.  I want to run my application as a daemon, forever in the background of the mac.  When I use the source in a command line project it run and exits.  If I add a runloop, it stays. Is it the right way to use it?  The project uses a modified version of the sample SecureHttpServer and PostHttpServer. int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) { @autoreleasepool { [DDLog addLogger:[DDTTYLogger sharedInstance]]; HTTPServer *httpServer = [[HTTPServer alloc] init]; [httpServer setPort:TCP_PORT_NUMBER]; [httpServer setConnectionClass:[MyHTTPConnection class]]; // Serve files from the standard Sites folder NSString *docRoot = [@"~/Sites" stringByExpandingTildeInPath]; DDLogCInfo(@"Setting document root: %@", docRoot); [httpServer setDocumentRoot:docRoot]; NSError *error = nil; if(![httpServer start:&error]) { DDLogCError(@"Error starting HTTP Server: %@", error); } [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] run]; } return 0; }