<h1><center>Web Server

The web server software is actually a | Lua] interpreter with a Web server extension.  The extension is | libmicrohttp ] written and maintained by Christian Grothoff.  The Lua interpreter is standard Lua 5.1 and the webserver is activated by running scripts that interpret the  | REST] commands.

The RESTful command structure is shown here:

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These commands are sent as a URI with the base part the web server address then rest/<command>. In Firenet we use GET and POST.  Get is used for a simple command with no extra data and POST is used along with a  | JSON] representation of the data.

For example to fire channel 3 on node 5 and if we assume the web server is at the RESTful command URI would be:

As detailed in the [Network | Network] section Firenet is normally connected via USB connection to a Serial device.  That would then connect to real hardware.  In addition a simulation mode is added so if you connect to a port named X and tell it the number of Firenet nodes it will simulate the network and the nodes.  This allows you to run the system and try out shows with no hardware.

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