LB and web browser communication

[ric]

Hi,

my LB application is on my web server and I need send and receive strings from/to users web browser that connect to my page.



Example: user goes to mypage.com, type "Hello" on a chatbox or form, then clicks "Send" and I need to receive the form content ("Hello") in my LB application.

Then the LB application answer and send "Hi!" to the page.



Actually I solved it by the help of a c# and web coder to make an application that transfers the browser data into a txt file.

When file is created the LB application is launched, reads the file and write an output file with the right answer.


My question is: it's possible use a different way to connect LB application directly to the browser data?
(examples: if the page sends API data is it possible to receive that by LB? )

Thank you for your time and help.


Riccardo

[Chris Iverson]

It's possible, but a LOT more complicated than you'd think, because LB would basically have to become an entire standards-compatible web server to interact with web browsers directly.

Using some sort of go-between to handle the direct hosting is probably the best option.

You mentioned a C# application in your post, and there's another post here on the forums that uses LB as a CGI backend to Apache to run LB scripts for certain web pages. See some posts in libertybasiccom.proboards.com/thread/910/run-scripts-interface and libertybasiccom.proboards.com/thread/901/suggestion-standardized-professional-looking-apps

[ric]

Thank you Chris.
Ric