https://github.com/tonyg/reversehttp

A dynamic, ReST-style means of enrolment and participation in an HTTP network; a dynamically-configurable "Remote CGI" service. Joining the World Wide Web as an HTTP server has been an ad-hoc, manual process. By using the protocol defined here, programs can provide services to the Web just as easily as they request services from the Web.
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A dynamic, ReST-style means of enrolment and participation in an HTTP network; a dynamically-configurable "Remote CGI" service. Joining the World Wide Web as an HTTP server has been an ad-hoc, manual process. By using the protocol defined here, programs can provide services to the Web just as easily as they request services from the Web.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tonyg/reversehttp
• Owner: tonyg
• Created: 2009-03-08T22:15:22.000Z (over 17 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-12-16T14:35:11.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-26T01:32:50.175Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Java
• Homepage: http://www.reversehttp.net/
• Size: 466 KB
• Stars: 223
• Watchers: 16
• Forks: 20
• Open Issues: 3
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

          
# Making the web symmetric

[ReverseHttp](http://github.com/tonyg/reversehttp) is an

implementation of the [specifications][specs] hosted at

:

 - [ReverseHttp][rev]: a dynamic, ReST-style means of enrolment and

   participation in an HTTP network. The `message/http` and

   `application/http` MIME types defined by [RFC 2616][] are used to

   build a dynamically-configurable "Remote CGI" service.

 - [RelayHttp][relay]: a protocol for tunnelling HTTP traffic over

   HTTP, with the goal of providing portable, general, securable

   access to the World Wide Web for programs running in restricted

   environments, including Javascript programs running in browsers.

Joining the World Wide Web as an HTTP server has been an ad-hoc,

manual process. By using the [ReverseHttp protocol][rev], programs can

provide services to the Web just as easily as they request services

from the Web.

## Code overview

 - `src/` holds the server implementation, written in Erlang using

   Mochiweb.

 - `priv/www/` holds the Javascript client implementation and demos.

 - `priv/java/` holds the Java client implementation.

 - `priv/python/` holds the Python client implementation.

## Building and running ReverseHttp

You will need Erlang installed. Run `make`. If this succeeds, run `./start-dev.sh`.

By default, the server will now be running on port 8000, serving

content from `priv/www`. Try : you should see

an index of demos.

To change the port number, edit `reversehttp.app`. The version in

`src/` is the master copy, but the version in `ebin/` is the one

that's used to actually run the software.

## Software License

ReverseHttp is [open-source](http://www.opensource.org/) code,

licensed under the very liberal [MIT

license](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php):

    Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010 Tony Garnock-Jones 

    Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 LShift Ltd. 

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person

    obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation

    files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without

    restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,

    modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies

    of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

    furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be

    included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,

    EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF

    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND

    NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT

    HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,

    WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,

    OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER

    DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

  [rev]: http://reversehttp.net/reverse-http-spec.html

  [relay]: http://reversehttp.net/relay-http-spec.html

  [specs]: http://reversehttp.net/specs.html

  [RFC 2616]: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html