Android Question HttpServer library how use Https

[Lello1964]

Hi,
I am using the HttpServer library to communicate with a web application,
I would like to know how to use the Https protocol with an SSLcertificate.

Raffaele

 

[OliverA]

I need to start it myself.

You may not need to. As is, HttpServer's Start method sets some items up. After starting the HttpServer via the Start method (and letting it set up most of the things for the server object without you having to recreate/implement everything from scratch), you can stop the server (via Reflection, not HttpServer's Stop method), activate your SSL and restart the server via Reflection (don't use HttpServer's Start method, since it would create a new underlying server object, negating all your hard work).

 

[Star-Dust]

You may not need to. As is, HttpServer's Start method sets some items up. After starting the HttpServer via the Start method (and letting it set up most of the things for the server object without you having to recreate/implement everything from scratch), you can stop the server (via Reflection, not HttpServer's Stop method), activate your SSL and restart the server via Reflection (don't use HttpServer's Start method, since it would create a new underlying server object, negating all your hard work).

Seems like a good solution but at first it generates an error here:

Public Sub SetupSSL
    Dim r As Reflector
    r.Target = server
    Dim O As Object = r.GetField("server")
    r.Target = r.GetField("server")    'Get private server object
    r.RunMethod("stop")
    
    Dim J As JavaObject = Me

    j.RunMethod("active_ssl", Array(O)) <--- Error
    r.RunMethod("start") 'Restart server after setting up SSL
End Sub

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Expected receiver of type it.tecnomedia.sslserver.serverservice, but got java.lang.Class<it.tecnomedia.sslserver.serverservice>

 

[OliverA]

Try

Dim j as JavaObject
j.InitializeContext
j.RunMethod("active_ssl", Array(0))

Note: Untested

 

[Star-Dust]

Thanks for your help, it was very helpful in correcting some mistakes I made.

Now I have to study a little to get the job done.

 

[Star-Dust]

I have found that the httpserver library is not open source like the jserver library

GitHub - AnywhereSoftware/B4A: B4A core libraries

B4A core libraries. Contribute to AnywhereSoftware/B4A development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

To continue the work you must have the consent of @Erel. I apologize if I went beyond what I was allowed

 

[Erel]

Here: www.b4x.com/android/files/HttpServer_src.zip

 

[Star-Dust]

Here: www.b4x.com/android/files/HttpServer_src.zip

Many thanks, I apologize for the insistence.

 

[swChef]

Has anyone extended the source www.b4x.com/android/files/HttpServer_src.zip to support https ?

@Star-Dust my other option seems to be the source to xhttpserver, or have you considered adding ssl to that? [no per SD]

I do have a need to receive https posts from another android application, which has a send to server functionality.

 

[Star-Dust]

Has anyone extended the source to support https ?
@Star-Dust my other option seems to be the source to xhttpserver, or have you considered adding ssl to that?

I do have a need to receive https posts from another android application, which has a send to server functionality.

This library is written entirely in B4X, it does not rely on native libraries or existing classes in the system. So to add TLS / SSL you have to build it from scratch. I could not understand the protocol and therefore it was not possible. Among other things, now I am following other projects and I do not have the time to study a way to obtain it.

You can use Digest security, if that's enough, which I have implemented (all in B4X of course) and it works fine.