On Nov 19, 2005, at 5:48 AM, Gordon Tillman wrote:
Morning Kee,
On Nov 19, 2005, at 07:36, kee nethery wrote:
I'm looking for a way to have an Apache server catch a request
(will be using SOAP which is basically just a bunch of XML), feed
it to a RunRev stack that I can debug using the RunRev development
environment (ie not using a text file with XTalk in it), and then
format a reply (more XML) and feed it back to the client that sent
the request. I want to be able to watch the stack visually process
the request so that I can step through the code as it processes a
request and debug it quickly.
My preference is to run this on Mac OS X if that makes a
difference and my preference is to use HTTPS as the transport
method, not HTTP (which means I really do need to use Apache as
the web server). Is anyone doing something like this OR does
anyone have suggestions on how I might implement this.
Here's an idea --
Have your RunRev stack listen on some socket. Pick one above 1024
so you don't need to run it as root. The write a simple php script
that is called from Apache. The php script can open a socket
connection to the RunRev stack, send the information to the stack
over that socket, and let the stack process the information. The
stack will then send the results back to the php script which can
then return the information.
Depending on how long you plan on playing with the stack, debugging
it and what not, you may need to turn up some timeout values in
Apache.
Excellent Idea, simple, elegant, I like it.
--gordon
P.S. - If I get some time later today I will post a small sample
for you.
Yes please. Thanks.
Kee
I'm assuming I'd set up HTTPS on Apache to catch the SOAP requests
if that is possible. The question is how do I transfer the data
that Apache receives to a RunRev stack and then how do I send it
back? I do this today with Hypercard using Jason Sendman's
acgiDispatcher that feeds Apache gathered data via AppleScript to
an application stack but if there is a more elegant way to do this
without going through AppleScript, that would be better. The main
thing is I want to retain the RunRev development environment so
that I can quickly modify and troubleshoot the code.
Suggestions and links welcome. Be happy to pay someone to walk me
through this setup if that gets me up and running quickly.
Kee Nethery
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