mongoose/examples/video-stream/main.c

// Copyright (c) 2020 Cesanta Software Limited
// All rights reserved

#include "mongoose.h"

// HTTP request handler function. It implements the following endpoints:
//   /api/video1 - hangs forever, returns MJPEG video stream
//   all other URI - serves web_root/ directory
static void cb(struct mg_connection *c, int ev, void *ev_data) {
  if (ev == MG_EV_HTTP_MSG) {
    struct mg_http_message *hm = (struct mg_http_message *) ev_data;
    if (mg_http_match_uri(hm, "/api/video1")) {
      c->data[0] = 'S';  // Mark that connection as live streamer
      mg_printf(
          c, "%s",
          "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n"
          "Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
          "Pragma: no-cache\r\nExpires: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 16:00:00 GMT\r\n"
          "Content-Type: multipart/x-mixed-replace; boundary=--foo\r\n\r\n");
    } else {
      struct mg_http_serve_opts opts = {.root_dir = "web_root"};
      mg_http_serve_dir(c, ev_data, &opts);
    }
  }
}

// The image stream is simulated by sending MJPEG frames specified by the
// "files" array of file names.
static void broadcast_mjpeg_frame(struct mg_mgr *mgr) {
  const char *files[] = {"images/1.jpg", "images/2.jpg", "images/3.jpg",
                         "images/4.jpg", "images/5.jpg", "images/6.jpg"};
  size_t nfiles = sizeof(files) / sizeof(files[0]);
  static size_t i;
  const char *path = files[i++ % nfiles];
  size_t size = 0;
  char *data = mg_file_read(&mg_fs_posix, path, &size);  // Read next file
  struct mg_connection *c;
  for (c = mgr->conns; c != NULL; c = c->next) {
    if (c->data[0] != 'S') continue;         // Skip non-stream connections
    if (data == NULL || size == 0) continue;  // Skip on file read error
    mg_printf(c,
              "--foo\r\nContent-Type: image/jpeg\r\n"
              "Content-Length: %lu\r\n\r\n",
              (unsigned long) size);
    mg_send(c, data, size);
    mg_send(c, "\r\n", 2);
  }
  free(data);
}

static void timer_callback(void *arg) {
  broadcast_mjpeg_frame(arg);
}

int main(void) {
  struct mg_mgr mgr;

  mg_mgr_init(&mgr);
  mg_http_listen(&mgr, "http://localhost:8000", cb, NULL);
  mg_timer_add(&mgr, 500, MG_TIMER_REPEAT, timer_callback, &mgr);
  for (;;) mg_mgr_poll(&mgr, 50);
  mg_mgr_free(&mgr);

  return 0;
}