Socket Connection with HTTP

I have a question about connecting a FlexSim model to an HTTP server.

I currently have a model that uses sockets. FlexSim is the client with localhost and 1880 as the host name and port number, respectively.

Can an HTTP server be specifed in the clientconnect command via a URL? Something like: clientconnect(socketNum, HTTP://localhost.1880, portNum)

Software Version:

FlexSim 23.2.1

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Oct 25, 2023 at 01:14 PM

Have you tried using the standard URL syntax to specify the port with Http.request ?

Http.request request=Http.request("http://locahost:1880")

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Bob G commented · Oct 25, 2023 at 01:52 PM

No, I did not try Http.Request.

I found some documentation for Http.Request in the Full Class Reference section of the User's Manual, but I have never used this class.

Would using Http.Request completely replace the current approach using sockets?

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ Bob G commented · Oct 25, 2023 at 02:37 PM

I don't know - what have you got implemented on your webserver side?

You might find it useful to read Ben's answer on UDP/websockets (this is a link - like the documentation link in my post above).

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Bob G Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Oct 31, 2023 at 07:59 PM

We decided to use the standard socket interface to connect the models, so a connection to an HTTP server through URL will not be needed.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Oct 30, 2023 at 11:50 PM

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