Setting up an HTTP-Server/en
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Introduction[Bearbeiten]
You can use an HTTPServer inside expecco for various reasons:
- to generate JSON/XML/Text or other responses to a tested web application
- to provide status information to users
- to trigger actions inside a test-scenario from an outside browser
- many other possible applications
Using Standard Actions from the Standard Library[Bearbeiten]
The standard library provides HTTP server actions in the "Networking & Interfacing" / "HTTP" / "Server" folder.
- create a new action (named "Setup & Configure HTTPServer").
- add the "HTTP [StartServer]" action
if you have to serve plain (unprocessed) files, for example for icons, images or other constant documents, then:
- add one or more "HTTP [Add File Service]" actions.
finally,
- add one or more "HTTP [Service]" actions.
these will be activated whenever a corresponding request is received by the server. They will get the request information as input and are expected to generate a response. The response will be returned to the HTTP server via the
