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Multi-UI REST applications with U++ [message #40369] Thu, 25 July 2013 22:07 Go to next message
lectus is currently offline  lectus
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Hello!

Recently I've been studying more of the web stuff so I got a few ideas.

Correctly me if I'm wrong but it should be possible to write a REST API using Skylark, returning JSON for HTTP requests and then write a GUI client with HttpRequest class and also a web UI (Skylark).

This makes for a very modular architecture. Quite interesting for large applications. We could have a bulky server that does all the processing and thin clients powered by U++ GUIs.

Is this correct or am I dreaming?

[Updated on: Thu, 25 July 2013 22:07]

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Re: Multi-UI REST applications with U++ [message #40451 is a reply to message #40369] Sat, 03 August 2013 08:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dolik.rce is currently offline  dolik.rce
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I think this idea is quite possible to implement. Actually pretty much everything is possible with U++ Very Happy

For bigger apps, it could be quite a lot of work, depending on how much processing would be done on server. If you just used the server for some CPU heavy processing, it might require only few specialized methods, but if you want to use it for data sharing and synchronization, than you'd probably have to write specialized code for each method that touches the data both on server and on client, effectively writing twice as much code Smile Of course, in some cases this might be the right solution, it really depends on your needs.

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Honza
Re: Multi-UI REST applications with U++ [message #45996 is a reply to message #40369] Fri, 12 February 2016 11:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
NilaT is currently offline  NilaT
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Hello and sorry for picking up this old Thread.
I just wanted to ask if there is a REST implementation in UPP already?
Because I searched here and this thread was the only "useful" info I found.

I need to program a webserver which uses REST communication and JSON.
For JSON I already found the Json class but for REST I'm not sure.

So, any information about this is very appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

PS: Or maybe lectus, have you done an implementation by yourself and want to share it?

[Updated on: Fri, 12 February 2016 11:13]

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Re: Multi-UI REST applications with U++ [message #45997 is a reply to message #45996] Fri, 12 February 2016 12:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dolik.rce is currently offline  dolik.rce
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Hi NilaT,

NilaT wrote on Fri, 12 February 2016 11:07
Hello and sorry for picking up this old Thread.
I just wanted to ask if there is a REST implementation in UPP already?
Because I searched here and this thread was the only "useful" info I found.

Don't be afraid to create a new thread if you don't find what you need.

NilaT wrote on Fri, 12 February 2016 11:07
I need to program a webserver which uses REST communication and JSON.
For JSON I already found the Json class but for REST I'm not sure.

There is not much to implement for this in U++. REST is not a technology, it is just a "style" of API. It actually doesn't even have to be implemented using HTTP, the only constraints that REST imposses on API are client-server architecture and statelessness.

I believe Skylark already supports all the necessary HTTP methods, so if you need to implement REST API on your webserver, you just need to write the skylark methods in stateless way, that is they always get all the necessary input data within the request. SkylarkPack might help you a bit with the organization of the code, see chapter 12 of skylark tutorial.

Best regards,
Honza
Re: Multi-UI REST applications with U++ [message #45998 is a reply to message #45996] Fri, 12 February 2016 12:48 Go to previous message
mirek is currently offline  mirek
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NilaT wrote on Fri, 12 February 2016 11:07
Hello and sorry for picking up this old Thread.
I just wanted to ask if there is a REST implementation in UPP already?
Because I searched here and this thread was the only "useful" info I found.

I need to program a webserver which uses REST communication and JSON.
For JSON I already found the Json class but for REST I'm not sure.

So, any information about this is very appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

PS: Or maybe lectus, have you done an implementation by yourself and want to share it?


There is nothing magical about REST. It is just regular HTTP server, easy to do without any special support. Skeleton code can look e.g. like this:

void RESTProcess(TcpSocket& r)
{
	HttpHeader hdr;
	if(hdr.Read(r)) {
		VectorMap<String, String> urlvar;

		String uri = hdr.GetURI();
		int q = uri.Find('?');
 		if(q >= 0) {
 			ParseUrlVars(urlvar, ~uri + q + 1);
 			uri.Trim(q);
 		}
		
 		String req, n;
		 q = uri.Find('/');
 		if(q >= 0) {
 			n = uri.Mid(q + 1);
 			req = Filter(n, CharFilterAlphaToLower);
 		}
		
		if(hdr.GetMethod() == "GET") {
			if(req == "order") {
			}
		}
		if(hdr.GetMethod() == "POST") {
			if(req == "order") {
			}
		}
		if(hdr.GetMethod() == "PUT") {
			if(req == "order") {
			}
		}
		if(hdr.GetMethod() == "DELETE") {
			if(req == "order") {
			}
		}
	}
	HttpResponse(r, false, 400, "INVALID REQUEST");
}


TcpSocket server;

void Server()
{
	for(;;) {
		TcpSocket socket;
		LOG("Waiting...");
		bool b = socket.Accept(server);
		if(b) RESTProcess(socket);
	}
}

CONSOLE_APP_MAIN
{
	if(!server.Listen(4000, 10)) {
		LOG("Cannot open server port for listening\r\n");
		return;
	}
}
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