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Extending the HTTP-API

The HTTP-API is implemented as a collection of httpMethodHandlers. An httpMethodHandler is a pointer to a function that is expected to respond to an HTTP GET request, using the CivetWeb framework. An httpMethodHandler is defined (in trick/CivetWeb.hh) as follows:

typedef void (*httpMethodHandler)(struct mg_connection *, void* cbdata);

Documentation for the CivetWeb Networking Library can be found at: https://cesanta.com/docs/overview/intro.html

Example HTTP-API Extension

Suppose you want your web server to send you a JSON message:

{ "greeting" : "Hello Trick Sim Developer!" }

when you invoke the URL: http://localhost:8888/api/http/hello.

Creating an httpMethodHandler.

The following two files will be our implementation of an httpMethodHandler. We'll put these in some models directory httpMethods/.

handle_HTTP_GET_hello.h

#ifndef HANDLE_HTTP_GET_HELLO
#define HANDLE_HTTP_GET_HELLO

#ifndef SWIG
void handle_HTTP_GET_hello(struct mg_connection *nc, void *hm);
#endif

#endif

handle_HTTP_GET_hello.c

#include "CivetServer.h"
#include "civetweb.h"
#include <string.h>

void handle_HTTP_GET_hello(struct mg_connection *nc, void *hm) {
    mg_printf(nc, "%s", "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nTransfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n");
    const char* json_text =
        "{ \"greeting\" : \"Hello Trick Sim Developer!\" }";
    mg_send_chunk(nc, json_text, strlen(json_text));
    mg_send_chunk(nc, "", 0);
}

Installing our httpMethodHandler.

We'll do this from our S_define file:

• Add (httpMethods/handle_HTTP_GET_hello.c) to the LIBRARY DEPENDENCIES.

• Include our header file:

  ##include "httpMethods/handle_HTTP_GET_hello.h"

• In create_connections() add :

web.server.installHTTPGEThandler( "hello", &handle_HTTP_GET_hello );

A Complete S_define

/***********************TRICK HEADER*************************
PURPOSE:
    (Cannon Numeric)
LIBRARY DEPENDENCIES:
    (
     (cannon/gravity/src/cannon_init.c)
     (cannon/gravity/src/cannon_numeric.c)
     (httpMethods/handle_HTTP_GET_hello.c)
    )
*************************************************************/

#include "sim_objects/default_trick_sys.sm"
#include "sim_objects/CivetServer.sm"
##include "cannon/gravity/include/cannon_numeric.h"
##include "httpMethods/handle_HTTP_GET_hello.h"

class CannonSimObject : public Trick::SimObject {

    public:
        CANNON      cannon ;
        int foo;
        CannonSimObject() {
            ("default_data") cannon_default_data( &cannon ) ;
            ("initialization") cannon_init( &cannon ) ;
            ("derivative") cannon_deriv( &cannon ) ;
            ("integration") trick_ret = cannon_integ( &cannon ) ;
            ("dynamic_event") cannon_impact( &cannon) ;
        }
} ;
CannonSimObject dyn ;

IntegLoop dyn_integloop (0.01) dyn;

void create_connections() {
    dyn_integloop.getIntegrator(Runge_Kutta_4, 5);
    web.server.installHTTPGEThandler( "hello", &handle_HTTP_GET_hello );
}

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