# Servers
The HTTP server provides a simple request/response API.
This gives you a lightweight way to build web applications or APIs.
### `serve_http(endpoint)`
```{ .python .httpx }
>>> website = """
...
...
...
...
...
... hello, world
...
...
... """
>>> def hello_world(request):
... content = httpx.HTML(website)
... return httpx.Response(200, content=content)
>>> with httpx.serve_http(hello_world) as server:
... print(f"Serving on {server.url} (Press CTRL+C to quit)")
... server.wait()
Serving on http://127.0.0.1:8080/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
```
```{ .python .ahttpx .hidden }
>>> import httpx
>>> website = """
...
...
...
...
...
... hello, world
...
...
... """
>>> async def hello_world(request):
... if request.path != '/':
... content = httpx.Text("Not found")
... return httpx.Response(404, content=content)
... content = httpx.HTML(website)
... return httpx.Response(200, content=content)
>>> async with httpx.serve_http(hello_world) as server:
... print(f"Serving on {server.url} (Press CTRL+C to quit)")
... await server.wait()
Serving on http://127.0.0.1:8080/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
```
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