startServer.Rd

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\name{startServer}
\alias{startPipeServer}
\alias{startServer}
\title{Create an HTTP/WebSocket server}
\usage{
startServer(host, port, app)

startPipeServer(name, mask, app)
}
\arguments{
\item{host}{A string that is a valid IPv4 address that is owned by this
server, or \code{"0.0.0.0"} to listen on all IP addresses.}

\item{port}{A number or integer that indicates the server port that should be
listened on. Note that on most Unix-like systems including Linux and Mac OS
X, port numbers smaller than 1025 require root privileges.}

\item{app}{A collection of functions that define your application. See
Details.}

\item{name}{A string that indicates the path for the domain socket (on
Unix-like systems) or the name of the named pipe (on Windows).}

\item{mask}{If non-\code{NULL} and non-negative, this numeric value is used
to temporarily modify the process's umask while the domain socket is being
created. To ensure that only root can access the domain socket, use
\code{strtoi("777", 8)}; or to allow owner and group read/write access, use
\code{strtoi("117", 8)}. If the value is \code{NULL} then the process's
umask is left unchanged. (This parameter has no effect on Windows.)}
}
\value{
A handle for this server that can be passed to
  \code{\link{stopServer}} to shut the server down.
}
\description{
Creates an HTTP/WebSocket server on the specified host and port.
}
\details{
\code{startServer} binds the specified port, but no connections are
  actually accepted. See \code{\link{service}}, which should be called
  repeatedly in order to actually accept and handle connections. If the port
  cannot be bound (most likely due to permissions or because it is already
  bound), an error is raised.

  The \code{app} parameter is where your application logic will be provided
  to the server. This can be a list, environment, or reference class that
  contains the following named functions/methods:

  \describe{
    \item{\code{call(req)}}{Process the given HTTP request, and return an
    HTTP response. This method should be implemented in accordance with the
    \href{https://github.com/jeffreyhorner/Rook/blob/a5e45f751/README.md}{Rook}
    specification.}
    \item{\code{onHeaders(req)}}{Optional. Similar to \code{call}, but occurs
    when headers are received. Return \code{NULL} to continue normal
    processing of the request, or a Rook response to send that response,
    stop processing the request, and ask the client to close the connection.
    (This can be used to implement upload size limits, for example.)}
    \item{\code{onWSOpen(ws)}}{Called back when a WebSocket connection is established.
    The given object can be used to be notified when a message is received from
    the client, to send messages to the client, etc. See \code{\link{WebSocket}}.}
  }

  The \code{startPipeServer} variant can be used instead of
  \code{startServer} to listen on a Unix domain socket or named pipe rather
  than a TCP socket (this is not common).
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{runServer}}
}