// Copyright (c) 2022 Cesanta Software Limited // All rights reserved // // This example demonstrates how to push data over a REST API // We're going to send a JSON array of some integer values, s_data. // Periodically, s_data changes, which is tracked by s_version. // Clients inform their current version, we only send on version mismatch, // or when version is zero (client has no data); this minimizes traffic and // avoids updating the UI unnecesarily. // // 1. Start this server, type `make` // 2. Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser #include "mongoose.h" static const char *s_listen_on = "http://localhost:8000"; static const char *s_root_dir = "web_root"; #define DATA_SIZE 10 // Total number of elements static int s_data[DATA_SIZE]; // Simulate some complex data static long s_version = 0; // Data "version" static long getparam(struct mg_http_message *hm, const char *json_path) { double dv = 0; mg_json_get_num(hm->body, json_path, &dv); return dv; } static size_t printdata(mg_pfn_t out, void *ptr, va_list *ap) { const char *comma = ""; size_t n = 0; for (int i = 0; i < DATA_SIZE; ++i) { n += mg_xprintf(out, ptr, "%s%d", comma, s_data[i]); comma = ","; } return n; (void) ap; } static void fn(struct mg_connection *c, int ev, void *ev_data) { if (ev == MG_EV_HTTP_MSG) { struct mg_http_message *hm = ev_data; if (mg_http_match_uri(hm, "/api/data")) { long version = getparam(hm, "$.version"); if (version > 0 && version == s_version) { // Version match: no changes mg_http_reply(c, 200, "Content-Type: application/json\r\n", "{%m:%m,%m:%ld}\n", MG_ESC("status"), MG_ESC("no change"), MG_ESC("version"), version); } else { // Version mismatch, return data mg_http_reply(c, 200, "Content-Type: application/json\r\n", "{%m:%ld,%m:[%M]}\n", MG_ESC("version"), s_version, MG_ESC("data"), printdata); } } else { struct mg_http_serve_opts opts = {.root_dir = s_root_dir}; mg_http_serve_dir(c, hm, &opts); } } } static void timer_fn(void *arg) { for (int i = 0; i < DATA_SIZE; i++) { s_data[i] = rand(); } s_version++; (void) arg; } int main(void) { struct mg_mgr mgr; mg_mgr_init(&mgr); srand(time(NULL)); mg_timer_add(&mgr, 5000, MG_TIMER_REPEAT | MG_TIMER_RUN_NOW, timer_fn, NULL); mg_http_listen(&mgr, s_listen_on, fn, NULL); for (;;) mg_mgr_poll(&mgr, 1000); mg_mgr_free(&mgr); return 0; }