Henry Leinen / Mbed 2 deprecated EthHTTPServer

Working sample implementation for the EthernetInterface HTTPServer.

Dependencies:   EthernetInterface HTTPServer mbed-rpc mbed-rtos mbed

Sample application which shows basic functionality of my HTTPServer library.

Import libraryHTTPServer

Single instance HTTP Server using new Ethernet Interface.

Last commit 17 Aug 2013 by Henry Leinen

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Diff: main.cpp

Revision:
1:6cbd17e628f1
Parent:
0:28a67716dfec
Child:
5:c5c2f7026638
--- a/main.cpp	Sat Jun 22 15:50:41 2013 +0000
+++ b/main.cpp	Sat Aug 17 12:32:09 2013 +0000
@@ -3,14 +3,23 @@
 #include "FsHandler.h"
 #include "LocalFileSystem.h"
 
+#define ALTERNATIVE
+//#undef ALTERNATIVE
 
+//  Use LED1 to indicate that the main loop is still executing
 DigitalOut myled(LED1);
-
+//  Use the serial connection 'pc' to dump debug information
 Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX, "pc");
-
+//  Instantiate a HTTPServer to handle incoming requests
 HTTPServer  svr;
+//  Instantiate a local file system handler named 'local' which will be used later to access files on the mbed.
+LocalFileSystem local("local");
 
-LocalFileSystem local("local");
+#ifdef ALTERNATIVE
+//  Create the EthernetInterface. This is optional, please see the documentation of HTTP Server's start method.
+EthernetInterface eth;
+#endif
+
 
 int main() {
 
@@ -18,7 +27,15 @@
     HTTPFsRequestHandler::mount("/local/", "/");
     svr.addHandler<HTTPFsRequestHandler>("/");
 
+#ifdef ALTERNATIVE
+    //  Initialize the EthernetInterface and initiate a connection using DHCP.
+    eth.init();
+    eth.connect();
+    
+    if (!svr.start(80, &eth)) {
+#else
     if (!svr.start()) {
+#endif
         error("Server not starting !");
         exit(0);
     }