Codea Web Server (Also on WebRepo)

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@dave1707 The html source provided in the project zip above is in the project bundle itself. That’s what they’re seeing in the browser.

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@Steppers I forgot about looking in assets. I see the info there. Still can’t get it to run.

I put a print statement in every function in the webserver tab. When I run the code, the only print I see is the one in the init function. I see that as soon as I run the webserver code. It’s like the Safari localhost does nothing because nothing else prints.

PS. I forgot the prints in the webserver_loop. It prints loop, and empty func, but not request.

    local function webserver_loop()
        print("loop")
        http.request("http://imnotarealurl.lua", function() print("empty func") end, function()
            print("request")
            self:_update()
            webserver_loop()
        end)
    end
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essentially that pic, yes. zoomed differently.

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is there some way to view the assets? is there some way to open the unzipped project as files, to see what’s in it?

thanks!

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@RonJeffries I have an app called iZip (free) that I tried on the webserver.zip file. It extracted 7 files. I was able to view all 7 files right in iZip.

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@RonJeffries @Steppers I don’t see the asset key that Ron shows in his image above. I see the web server running, then I see the connect at: stuff.

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i may have izip, will try it. no way in codea or native ios?

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@dave1707 Your problem is with webserver_loop I think.

If you change it to this does it help?

local function webserver_loop()
    tween(0.0001, {}, {}, nil, function()
        self:_update()
        webserver_loop() -- Loop again
    end)
end

If it is that then I suspect it may also be your problem too @UberGoober
Without the loop functioning nothing will work.

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@Steppers That was it. After the change it worked just fine.

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@RonJeffries As far as I know, Codea or iOS isn’t going to unzip the files and let you view them.

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seems like, yeah,

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could the problem be that short timeout?

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That fix worked for me too.

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@RonJeffries If you have ‘Working Copy’ you can also view them there.

@dave1707 I’m glad that helped! Let me know if this helps you too @UberGoober :smile:

The .codea files are just plain old folders (not zip files) but iOS treats any folder with an extension like a file (sometimes unhelpfully).

On Mac it at least has an option to ‘View Contents’ of these bundle folders… iOS could do with it too.

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@Steppers hi noted just above your previous message that the fix worked for me too, but I am repeating that now in case it got lost in the shuffle.

The web server works now, and the debugger works now too.I’m not super clear on what’s happening here, I have to admit, but I agree it looks promising.

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debugger? there’s a debugger in there? how do I invoke that? thanks!

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…maybe I’m missing something, but the title of the post includes “debug server”, at least presently. Am I misunderstanding the meaning of that?

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@UberGoober @RonJeffries There’s another project on WebRepo, ‘Debug Server’.

It only really provides the same functionality as the parameter.watch stuff at the moment but it’s a start.

Note: You’ll probably have to use that loop fix again for it.

And on a related note, I’ve got a lot of advanced stuff in the works now. Server side scripting akin to PHP, Multiple Client handling & websockets so I expect things to get pretty spicy soon :smile:

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I made a slightly more interactive version of the Debugger.

It tracks taps and increments a “tap” variable every time a touch ends.

Also, @Steppers: I gave it a generic icon that I sometimes use for my own utilities; maybe it could be a standard icon for library-type projects? (image attached too)

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A sneak peak, code needs a little tidying up but WebSockets are working!

teaser

@UberGoober Nice, I actually have a few already included in the WebRepo project that are just unicode/emoji and rendered out (also attached).