Adds webserver for serving UI elements

src/core/main.cpp

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int main(int args, char **argv) {
     {
         ConfigManager    cfg(logger, arguments);
         EventBus         eventBus(logger);
-	UI::Server       uiServer(logger, eventBus);
+	    UI::Server       uiServer(logger, eventBus);
         Resolver::Server resolver(logger, eventBus);
 
         /*
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ int main(int args, char **argv) {
         //resolver.run();
         logger.info.ln ("PLAINS successfully started.");
         // Run something on main thread...
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(15));
+        //std::cin.get();
         logger.info.ln ("Shutting down PLAINS. Good Bye!");  
     }
     catch (Exception& e) {

src/ui/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ add_library(UI OBJECT Server.cpp)
 
 target_include_directories(UI PUBLIC include)
 
-target_link_libraries(UI PRIVATE Core DNS PUBLIC Asio)
+target_link_libraries(UI PRIVATE Core DNS PUBLIC Asio HTTPLib)

src/ui/Server.cpp

@@ -10,14 +10,40 @@ Server::Server(Logger& logger, EventBus& eventBus)
     _eventBus(eventBus)
 {
     _logger.debug.ln ("Starting UI Webserver...");
+    _server = new httplib::Server;
+
+    //Set static file directory
+    auto ret = _server->set_mount_point("/", "./static/ui");
+    if (!ret) {
+        _logger.fatal.ln ("UI static file directory static/ui not found!");
+    }
+    //Redirecto / to index.htm
+    _server->Get("/", [this](const auto& req, auto& res) {
+        res.set_redirect("/index.htm");
+    });
+
+    _server->set_logger([this](const auto& req, const auto& res) {
+        //your_logger(req, res);
+        _logger.debug.ln ("UI Log message from Webserver. Implement passthrough!");
+    });
+
+    _thread = thread(&Server::run, this);
     _logger.debug.ln ("UI Webserver started");
 }
 
 Server::~Server() {
     _logger.debug.ln ("Stopping UI Webserver...");
+    _server->stop();
+    _thread.join();
+    delete _server;
     _logger.debug.ln ("UI Webserver stopped");
 }
 
+void Server::run() {
+    _logger.info.ln ("UI Running Webserver on Port 8080");
+    _server->listen("0.0.0.0", 8080);
+}
+
 
 
 

src/ui/include/Server.hpp

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef UI_SERVER_HPP
 #define UI_SERVER_HPP
+#include <thread>
 #include "asio.hpp"
 #include "Core.hpp"
+#include "httplib.h"
 
 namespace Plains {
 namespace UI {
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ namespace UI {
 using Core::EventBus;
 using Core::Logger;
 using Core::Exception;
+using std::thread;
 
 
 class Server
@@ -18,6 +21,9 @@ class Server
     Logger& _logger;
     asio::io_context _ioContext;
     asio::ip::tcp::endpoint _sender_endpoint;
+    httplib::Server* _server;
+    thread _thread;
+    void run();
 
     public:
     Server(Logger& logger, EventBus& eventBus);