Extension: Simple Web Server

[Juan Antonio]

Hi friends,

this extension create a Simple Web Server.

Features and Restrictions:

1.- Only can serve one HTML file, this file is in SdCard, example in root SdCard: /mnt/sdcard/index.htm

2.- Also can serve a text

3.- File only with codes HTML, no images, It is posible externals link.

4.- This extension is a service, if you start this server, click back button mobile and run others apps, this server continue run.

5.- To stop this service, Click in Button1 or Button2 again, when stop service app is closed. With this code isn't posible stop service and continue run app. Button1 and Button2, start server and stop  "app & server".

6.- It Works in MIT COMPANION and installed (better installed).

7.- User must write in browser your local WiFi IP and port 8080, example: 192.168.1.5:8080

8.- My index.htm in only an HTML file example, to try copy in root SdCard (/mnt/sdcard/index.htm)

9. You can set a file (/mnt/sdcard/index.htm) and run server. Then close server-app. Run again server-app. Then set other file (/mnt/sdcard/other.htm) and run server again.

10.- Size extension only 13 KB.

Regards.

Juan Antonio Villalpando.

kio4.com

[Taifun]

what exactly is the advantage of using this extension compared to a webviewer component?

Taifun

[Juan Antonio]

Hi Taifun,

this is a web server, a web server serve web pages or files to users, in response to theirs requests.

WebViewer is a browser, as Chrome, Firefox,... to read htm pages or others files.

If you run this server in your app, others users from you local net, can read file in your /mnt/sdcard, example: /mnt/sdcard/file.htm

Others local users in theirs browsers in PC, mobile, tablet... can write your local IP, example: 192.168.1.5:8080 and read your page. (umm difficulty with english).

[Tim Carter]

Do you need to use Webviewer to see output of the webserver, you didn't show these blocks?

I presume you need a routine to grab the local IP on each use, but won't each device create its own server, or do you simply have one app for the server and another app to access the server from other devices?

[Juan Antonio]

Hi Tim,

when you run this extension in your app, you mobile is a local web server. You find you IP, is easy, example when run MIT COMPANION show your local IP. 

Then you say this IP others user, those user in browsers PC, Android, tablet,...example Chrome, Firefox, WebWiever... write your local IP, example 192.168.1.5:8080 and get you file.

If you need static IP number in your mobile, you can set your router. MAC --------> IP.

[Tim Carter]

Thanks Juan, it is making sense now :)

[Juan Antonio]

Hi Tim,

this version with a new block to get WiFi IP. 

[Abraham Getzler]

(added to FAQ Web Services section)

https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/mitappinventortest/2cd6Uz__xA0/cPQSiZpcDAAJ

ABG

[Abraham Getzler]

I imagine this server would be useful for local chat without SMS or BlueTooth,

assuming local WiFi.  Clients of the server would need to poll it periodically.

ABG

[Juan Antonio]

Thank you Abraham,

I thought in a chat, perhaps if web page refresh in client by HMTL code http-equiv=”refresh” content="15" poll automatic

But principal restriction of this code is: you can't stop server and continue app. Whenever stop server, close app.

[Juan Antonio]

Hi friends, 

this is a new version com.KIO4_SimpleWebServer.aix extension, 7/august/2017

- Fixed Stop server. Now when Stop server app doesn't close.

- To try example, please download files index.htm and baile.htm and copy in your: /mnt/sdcard/

- This simple web server can serve text but not images, but works with hotlink.

- Hotlinks works in PC browsers, but doesn't work for me in Chrome mobile.

- Regards.

Juan Antonio Villalpando

kio4.com

[MiuMiu]

hi,it is very good aix,and could you add a event to app,in the event can get the url path,then can analysis the url path to repose different to the client.

[Juan Antonio]

Thanks MiuMiu, I'll try that.

btw. in this post a chat example by this SimpleWebServer:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/mitappinventortest/apps-tips--tricks/0qMwuZjrpYM

[Patryk F]

Hi Juan Antonio.  Could you create an extension that would create a server at http://127.0.0.1:50099/api? I would like to read localhost from http://lwpm.eu. It sends data to 127.0.0.1:50099/api