Is is possible to abandon apachi/cgi for fphttpserver?
lazarus / 38-Networking and Web Programming

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Michael Collier · 2013-03-09 15:34

Hi, Is it possible to replace an Apache & CGI combination with purely
FPWeb components?

My current configuration uses TWebModule to manage Session information
( Session.SessionID ) which is fundamental to how my application
works, I'm not sure if there is something similar available if I use,
say, TFPHTTPServer on its own?

I'm assuming that TWebModule is only available in a CGI environment,
or am I wrong? Is it possible to use something like TFPHTTPServer &
TWebModule together with no Apache?

Apart from the Session.SessionID info I think I can go ahead and use
TFPHTTPServer on its own, I would just handle the
TFPHTTPServer.HandleRequest event to process the actions that the
TWebModule would otherwise handle. Is that correct, or is there an
easier way?

So I think it's just the Session part that would be missing? Is that
right?

Thanks in advance

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Leledumbo · 2013-03-10 00:36

QuoteHi, Is it possible to replace an Apache & CGI combination with
purely FPWeb components?Yes
QuoteMy current configuration uses TWebModule to manage Session
information ( Session.SessionID ) which is fundamental to how my
application works, I'm not sure if there is something similar
available if I use, say, TFPHTTPServer on its own?Yes
QuoteI'm assuming that TWebModule is only available in a CGI
environment, or am I wrong?No
QuoteIs it possible to use something like TFPHTTPServer & TWebModule
together with no Apache?Yes
QuoteApart from the Session.SessionID info I think I can go ahead and
use TFPHTTPServer on its own, I would just handle the
TFPHTTPServer.HandleRequest event to process the actions that the
TWebModule would otherwise handle. Is that correct, or is there an
easier way?If you use fpWeb structure, changing uses clause (and
probably setting server port) in the .lpr is enough, all other code
should stay the same.
QuoteSo I think it's just the Session part that would be missing? Is
that right?No, FPHTTPServer supports it

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Michael Collier · 2013-03-15 12:10

Thanks, it works now 

I used an example from here
http://opensoft.homeip.net:8080/articles/webserver1.pdf
to make the http server run in its own thread so it can be
started/stopped and can also host the server within a gui application
that repsonds to mouse and keyboard messages.

I thought I'd post the link to it here because I didn't spot this
approach in the demos?

..I added one of my existing webmodules for CGI and all is ok.

I'd be happy to post the project here if anyone is interested in
looking at it, it may be useful to others and I'd appreciate the peer
review an case there is a better way of doing things, but either way
it seems to work, thanks again

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BigChimp · 2013-03-15 12:15

Quote from: Michael Collier on March 15, 2013, 01:10:22 pmI'd be happy
to post the project here if anyone is interested in looking at it, it
may be useful to others and I'd appreciate the peer review an case
there is a better way of doing things, but either way it seems to
work, thanks again

Yes, thanks - other ways of doing things are always welcome.
Especially if they can help with debugging cgi problems