What does - “Http Post” do?

[lar282]

Hi
Has anybody used(or can explain) what this does?
- 0000793: [triggers] new “Http Post” trigger added (stevenhanna6) – resolved.


I'm really looking for a way to push a refresh to a web client when certain things happen on the server. Example:
When an overlay is opened on the server I wanna push a refresh to the webserver to refresh the client so the web client can see the overlay and doesn't have to wait for the default time when the web server syncs.

//Lasse

[samsonlov]

Sorry if this reply is incomplete, but I just spent over 45 minutes typing-up a full tutorial on the HTTP Post, but because the stupid (Read: "VERY SHORT") auto-forum-log-out time kicked me out - and Without Any Notification, when I tried to upload the photos I lost everything I typed.

So here's the short version:
HTTP Post triggers are just another way to control XLobby.
You send a command to XLobby via HTTP, and that command is interpreted as a "trigger" (which you have already created), and then you execute whatever event you want. The possibilities are endless - off-site remote control, iphone apps, etc. - If a device can send a "post" command, it can control XLobby. I'm sure the guys on the forum will do WAY cooler stuff than my silly door state interface, but hey, it's a start.

I use the DSP ports on Aroura Multimedia's WACI NX+ to sense the state of 4 relays connected to my alarm panel, and for example: when the WACI detects a "high" (+5V) state on DSP1, it sends the command "door1open" using 192.168.1.120:8002/post. When the WACI detects a "low" (<+2V) state on DSP1, it sends the post command "door1close" using 192.168.1.120:8002/post. I set-up the corresponding triggers in XLobby to show or hide button IDs that correspond to the appropriate doors.

This is how you create HTTP Post "Triggers".

These are the events that I use for Post Triggers.

This is a sample of a post trigger with the relevant info.

Hope that helps.

[wesblack]

Samson.........Thanks for posting this. Don't forget my monster energy drinks.....!

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Wes Black \ Calrad

[lar282]

Thank u for posting it. Now I understand.

//Lasse

[samsonlov]

I hear Monster's will be appearing during the xLobby dealer day.

[samsonlov]

Hey Wes,
I saw 24 monsters in your office.

[billberet]

don't get that bloated feeling, try 5hr energy !!!!

[samsonlov]

Wes loves those Monsters.

[smarty]

Hi
Has anybody used(or can explain) what this does?
- 0000793: [triggers] new “Http Post” trigger added (stevenhanna6) – resolved.


I'm really looking for a way to push a refresh to a web client when certain things happen on the server. Example:
When an overlay is opened on the server I wanna push a refresh to the webserver to refresh the client so the web client can see the overlay and doesn't have to wait for the default time when the web server syncs.

//Lasse

I read the whole thread, but ....does this (can this) refresh the web client or not???

[CaM]

hi, does this mean that xlobby can now be controlled via tcp/ip?

thanks

CaM

[samsonlov]

hi, does this mean that xlobby can now be controlled via tcp/ip?

thanks

CaM

yup.