Sending Events with Webserver

[spyderespirt0]

Does anybody have any documentation on sending events with the eg webserver? examples? I can't seem to find anything.

[kkl]

Here's the documentation.

[spyderespirt0]

Yes I know of that documentation. It does not cover my question.

[kkl]

Then perhaps you should rephrase your question, because it's not clear to me what you're asking. Activating/clicking an eg webserver hyperlink creates an eg event.

[spyderespirt0]

Sending Events to the webpage FROM eventghost, the only plugin action that is listed with the webserver plug in.

[kkl]

The power of the plug-in is in creating webpage hyperlinks that generate EG events. You can create an EG action from the plug-in that generates an EG event, but that would seem to have little practical use.

[spyderespirt0]

Its not for just creating an event within eventghost, you can send back data to the webpage using an ajax request I believe, I tapped my internet using wireshark, there seems to be outgoing traffic when using the SendEvent Action (that's why there is a host IP address option box), I want example code on the client side of responding and acting on this received response.

[kkl]

The Host entry in the Webserver SendEvent configuration allows you to send an event to another computer running EG and the Webserver plug-in. An Event is generated on that Host computer.

Perhaps someone else understands what you are trying to do. I do not.

[Sem;colon]

I do!^^
I just had the same "problem".
It seems like the EventGhost webserver SendEvent can only send data to another EventGhost using webserver - what is in my eyes kinda useless, there are other plug-ins which can do that better.
Anyway, since I had the same problem I changed the webserver plugin a bit - with my modification you will get a new event SendEventExt which can send events to other webserver.

Also I rewrote the "do_POST" block as it didn't work for me.(I was not able to send POST requests to EventGhost, only GET worked. Now both are working.)

If you have the same issues, check it out!

[Pako]

Also I rewrote the "do_POST" block as it didn't work for me.(I was not able to send POST requests to EventGhost, only GET worked. Now both are working.)

Unfortunately, you are not right.
The method do_POST is functioning.
You can easily make sure of that.
Check out this post
Re: How to fire an event without a button on the webserver?
and download my example.

However, I agree that it can work better. So I'll incorporate your edits,
but in a modified form. Original features will also be maintained.
I just now (coincidentally) I also working on significant improvements to the plugin. I got it working and it looks very interesting.
For example, I can (from the website) directly execute scripts (without using TriggerEvent) and the webserver returns the result. But there is more.
I intend to publish it soon.

Pako

[piert]

Wow, that sounds really promising, Pako!
Looking forward to your latest fruit of labour.

[Sem;colon]

Unfortunately, you are not right.
The method do_POST is functioning.
You can easily make sure of that.
Check out this post
Re: How to fire an event without a button on the webserver?
and download my example.

Hi Pako,

OK, I only tried it with a simple jquery post - but unfortunatly that resuled in an error.

For example, I can (from the website) directly execute scripts (without using TriggerEvent) and the webserver returns the result

That sounds awsome!