Re: [libmicrohttpd] regarding http webserver using libmicrohttpd

[Christian Grothoff]

On 06/29/2016 07:56 AM, Suman.Patro-TRN wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>            I would like to use libmicrohttpd for making an http
> webserver for real time data serving. 
> 
> *Use case* is as follows: I would like to compare and contrast
> websockets and traditional http for real time data monitoring. I have
> developed a webserver using websockets and would like to develop a
> similar model using any *ONE *of the tradtional techniques as http
> polling, long polling, streaming, AJAX, COMET, etc. Does the library
> support any of the http techniques? 

You should be able to implement the server side of these using
MHD_create_response_from_callback() using a 'size' of MHD_SIZE_UNKNOWN
and MHD_suspend/resume_connection() depending on your threading model.

> Does the library have any webclient
>  examples in javascript?

Nope, we don't have anything really for the client-side. MHD is just
server-side.

> *Requirements are: *for windows 64 bit and visual studio solution 2012.

That should make no difference (says the non-W32 dev ;-)).

> *Additional concern:* Does the library support any publish -subscribe
> mechanism ? If yes then how? else what could be the procedure to go about?

I guess AJAX/COMET/long polling can be viewed as publish-subscribe
mechanisms, and they are all exactly what you get if you return a
response in increments using the functions I mentioned above.


Happy hacking!

Christian

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