Package R.httpd

Description

The packages provides a self-contained cross-platform implementation of an HTTP Daemon (web server). The server is written in Tcl and runs in the background leaving the R session available for other tasks.

For package history, see showHistory(R.httpd).

Requirements

This is a cross-platform package implemented in plain R. This package depends on the packages R.oo [1] and R.utils.

Installation

To install this package, see http://www.braju.com/R/. Required packages are installed in the same way.

To get started

To get started, see:

1. httpd() - To start the internal R web server.
2. HttpDaemon - The class representing the internal web server.

Wishlist

Here is a list of features that would be useful, but which I have too little time to add myself. Contributions are appreciated.

• Currently recognition of RSP pages (R.rsp package) is hardwired. The package should provide methods to register file extension, e.g. *.rsp and *.rpad.
• Write "plugins" to common web servers, e.g. modules to the Apache webserver.
• Add support for multiple default files; needs Tcl coding.

If you consider implement some of the above, make sure it is not already implemented by downloading the latest "devel" version!

License

The releases of this package is licensed under LGPL version 2.1 or newer.

The development code of the packages is under a private licence (where applicable) and patches sent to the author fall under the latter license, but will be, if incorporated, released under the "release" license above.

How to cite this package

Not available.

References

[1] H. Bengtsson, The R.oo package - Object-Oriented Programming with References Using Standard R Code, In Kurt Hornik, Friedrich Leisch and Achim Zeileis, editors, Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Distributed Statistical Computing (DSC 2003), March 20-22, Vienna, Austria. http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/Conferences/DSC-2003/Proceedings/

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson (http://www.braju.com/R/)