LSL HTTP server/examples
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Utility Script
A script intended as a 'fill in the blank' exercise for very, very simple HTTP servers is here: Utility Script
Hello World!
Classic example, the smallest http_request script possible. <lsl> default {
state_entry()
{
llRequestURL();
}
http_request(key id, string method, string body)
{
if (method == URL_REQUEST_GRANTED)
{
llSay(0,"URL: " + body);
}
else if (method == "GET")
{
llHTTPResponse(id,200,"Hello World!");
}
}
} </lsl> A slightly more robust version: <lsl> default {
state_entry()
{
llRequestURL();
}
http_request(key id, string method, string body)
{
if (method == URL_REQUEST_GRANTED)
{
llSay(0,"URL: " + body);
}
else if (method == URL_REQUEST_DENIED)
{
llSay(0, "Something went wrong, no url. " + body);
}
else if (method == "GET")
{
llHTTPResponse(id,200,"Hello World!");
}
else
{
llHTTPResponse(id,405,"Unsupported Method");
}
}
} </lsl>
Echo World
"Echo World (Byrd Sciavo 04:19, 7 October 2009 (UTC))" is a slightly more useful "Hello World", demonstrating a basic server that echos back dynamic data fed. Echo World shows how http_request receives GET variables. To receive this "dynamic echo", append your cap url with a query string, such as https://sim3015.aditi.lindenlab.com:12043/cap/a7717681-2c04-e4ac-35e3-1f01c9861322/foo/bar?arg=gra <lsl> string url; default {
state_entry(){
llRequestURL();
}
http_request(key id, string method, string body){
if (method == URL_REQUEST_GRANTED) {
url=body;llOwnerSay(url);
}else if(method=="GET"){
if(llGetHTTPHeader(id,"x-query-string")=="") llHTTPResponse(id,200,"I ECHO when you append some GET variables to me, e.g., /?var=foo");
else llHTTPResponse(id,200,llGetHTTPHeader(id,"x-query-string"));
}
}
} </lsl>
Visitor List
A list of residents within sensor range of the server.
Notes:
- This includes a method for handling multiple requests while waiting for asynchronous data requests to come back.
<lsl>integer scanning = FALSE;
list requests;
send_response(string body) {
integer j;
for (j = 0; j < llGetListLength(requests); ++j)
{
llHTTPResponse(llList2Key(requests,j), 200, body);
}
requests = [];
}
default {
state_entry()
{
llRequestURL();
}
http_request(key id, string method, string body)
{
if (method == URL_REQUEST_GRANTED)
{
llSay(0,"URL: " + body);
}
else if (method == URL_REQUEST_DENIED)
{
llSay(0, "Something went wrong, no url. " + body);
}
else if (method == "GET")
{
if (!scanning)
{
llSensor("",NULL_KEY,AGENT,96,PI);
scanning = TRUE;
}
requests += [id];
}
else
{
llHTTPResponse(id,405,"Unsupported method.");
}
}
no_sensor()
{
send_response("There is no one here.");
scanning = FALSE;
}
sensor(integer n)
{
string output;
if (n < 16) output = "There are " + (string)n + " avatars nearby:";
else output = "There are at least 16 avatars nearby:";
integer i;
for (i = 0;i<n;++i)
{
output += "\n\t" + llDetectedName(i);
}
send_response(output);
scanning = FALSE; }
} </lsl>
Url Persistence / Visitor Counter
A more complete 'hello world', always has an url and keeps a visitor counter. <lsl> string url; integer hits;
setup() {
llSetObjectName("HTTP Server");
url = "";
llRequestURL();
hits = (integer)llGetObjectDesc();
llSetText((string)hits + " visitors.",<1,1,0>,1);
}
default {
state_entry() { setup(); }
on_rez(integer n) { setup(); }
changed(integer c)
{
if (c & (CHANGED_REGION | CHANGED_REGION_START | CHANGED_TELEPORT) )
{
setup();
}
}
touch_start(integer n)
{
llSay(0,"My url is: " + url);
}
http_request(key id, string method, string body)
{
if (method == URL_REQUEST_GRANTED)
{
url = body;
}
else if (method == URL_REQUEST_DENIED)
{
llSay(0, "Something went wrong, no url. " + body);
}
else if (method == "GET")
{
++hits;
llSetObjectDesc((string)hits);
llSetText((string)hits + " visitors.",<1,1,0>,1);
llHTTPResponse(id,200,"Hello! You are visitor " + (string)hits + ".");
}
else
{
llHTTPResponse(id,405,"Method unsupported");
}
}
} </lsl>
Perl/Python Examples Using POST
Here are a set of scripts to provide another example using POST. The first script is the LSL code to receive the information on the grid. The second script is a PERL script that is used on the outside server to contact the code on the grid. The third script is a Python script that is also used on the outside server to contact the code on the grid. (Grandma Bates 12:42, 27 May 2009 (UTC)) <lsl> key requestURL;
default {
state_entry() {
requestURL = llRequestURL(); // Request that an URL be assigned to me.
}
http_request(key id, string method, string body) {
if ((method == URL_REQUEST_GRANTED) && (id == requestURL) ){
// An URL has been assigned to me.
llOwnerSay("Obtained URL: " + body);
requestURL = NULL_KEY;
}
else if ((method == URL_REQUEST_DENIED) && (id == requestURL)) {
// I could not obtain a URL
llOwnerSay("There was a problem, and an URL was not assigned: " + body);
requestURL = NULL_KEY;
}
else if (method == "POST") {
// An incoming message was received.
llOwnerSay("Received information from the outside: " + body);
llHTTPResponse(id,200,"Thank you for calling. All of our operators are busy.");
}
else {
// An incoming message has come in using a method that has not been anticipated.
llHTTPResponse(id,405,"Unsupported Method");
}
}
} </lsl>
Here is the PERL script to contact the prim on the grid.
<perl>
- !/usr/bin/perl
- Routine to contact a script on the SL Grid using http server
use LWP; require HTTP::Request; use URI::Escape; use strict;
- #################################################
- Routine to send the information to the prim
- submitInformation($url,$information)
sub submitInformation{
# First get the arguments. my $url = shift; my $information = shift;
# Create the objects to be used to send out the HTTP request my $browser = LWP::UserAgent->new; my $request = HTTP::Request->new(POST => $url);
# Set the encoding method and specify the information to be sent.
$request->content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
$request->content(uri_escape($information));
# Send the request. my $response = $browser->request($request);
# Return the information sent back return($response->content);
}
- Set the URL manually....
my $url = 'http://sim3015.aditi.lindenlab.com:12046/cap/d57a7c8b-3ace-3186-730a-f22fde870d48';
my $info = submitInformation
($url,'id=244195d6-c9b7-4fd6-9229-c3a8b2e60e81&name=M Linden');
print $info,"\n"; </perl>
Here is the Python code that does the same thing as the PERL code above.
<python>
- !/usr/bin/python
import urllib
- #################################################
- Routine to send the information to the prim
- submitInformation(url,information)
def submitInformation(url,parameters) :
# Set the parameters to be sent. encodedParams = urllib.urlencode(parameters);
# Post the data. net = urllib.urlopen(url,encodedParams);
# return the result. return(net.read());
if __name__ == "__main__":
# Set the URL manually url = 'http://sim3015.aditi.lindenlab.com:12046/cap/d57a7c8b-3ace-3186-730a-f22fde870d48';
# Define the parameters
parameters = {'id':'244195d6-c9b7-4fd6-9229-c3a8b2e60e81',
'name':'M Linden'}
# Pass the information along to the prim info = submitInformation(url,parameters); print(info);
</python>
Perl/Python Examples Using POST With Argument Parsing
Here are a set of scripts to provide another example using POST. In this example the scripts are adapted to handle the parsing of the arguments that are passed. The first script is the LSL code to receive the information on the grid. The second script is a PERL script that is used on the outside server to contact the code on the grid. The third script is a Python script that is also used on the outside server to contact the code on the grid. (Grandma Bates 12:42, 27 May 2009 (UTC))
<lsl> key requestURL;
// ############################################### // Routine to parse a string sent through the // http server via post. // parsePostData(theMessage) // Returns a strided list with stride length 2. // Each set has the key and then its value. list parsePostData(string message) {
list postData = []; // The list with the data that was passed in. list parsedMessage = llParseString2List(message,["&"],[]); // The key/value pairs parsed into one list. integer len = ~llGetListLength(parsedMessage);
while(++len) {
string currentField = llList2String(parsedMessage, len); // Current key/value pair as a string.
integer split = llSubStringIndex(currentField,"="); // Find the "=" sign
if(split == -1) { // There is only one field in this part of the message.
postData += [llUnescapeURL(currentField),""];
} else {
postData += [llUnescapeURL(llDeleteSubString(currentField,split,-1)), llUnescapeURL(llDeleteSubString(currentField,0,split))];
}
}
// Return the strided list.
return postData ;
}
default {
state_entry() {
requestURL = llRequestURL(); // Request that an URL be assigned to me.
}
http_request(key id, string method, string body) {
list incomingMessage;
if ((method == URL_REQUEST_GRANTED) && (id == requestURL) ){
// An URL has been assigned to me.
llOwnerSay("Obtained URL: " + body);
requestURL = NULL_KEY;
}
else if ((method == URL_REQUEST_DENIED) && (id == requestURL)) {
// I could not obtain a URL
llOwnerSay("There was a problem, and an URL was not assigned: " +
body);
requestURL = NULL_KEY;
}
else if (method == "POST") {
// An incoming message was received.
llOwnerSay("Received information form the outside: " + body);
incomingMessage = parsePostData(body);
llOwnerSay(llDumpList2String(incomingMessage,"\n"));
llHTTPResponse(id,200,"You passed the following:\n" +
llDumpList2String(incomingMessage,"\n"));
}
else {
// An incoming message has come in using a method that has
// not been anticipated.
llHTTPResponse(id,405,"Unsupported Method");
}
}
} </lsl>
Here is the coresponding PERL script for contacting the LSL script on the grid.
<perl>
- !/usr/bin/perl
- Routine to contact a script on the SL Grid using http server
use LWP; require HTTP::Request; use URI::Escape; use strict;
- #################################################
- Routine to send the information to the prim
- submitInformation($url,$information)
sub submitInformation{
my $url = shift; # First get the arguments. my $information = shift;
my $browser = LWP::UserAgent->new; # Create the object
my $request = HTTP::Request->new(POST => $url); # used to send the
# HTTP request
$request->content_type # Set the
('application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); # encoding type.
$request->content(hash2URI($information)); # Set the content to
# send.
my $response = $browser->request($request); # Send the request. return($response->content); # Return the
# information that # was sent back }
- #########################################################################
- Convert a hash to a url encoded string
- hash2URI(\%hash)
sub hash2URI {
my $theHash = shift; # Get the arguments passed. my $encodedString = ; # The encoded string to return. my $lupe; # a loop variable.
foreach $lupe (keys %{$theHash}) { #
$encodedString .= uri_escape($lupe) . '=' . # Add each item in the uri_escape($$theHash{$lupe}) . '&'; # hash to the encoded string.
} $encodedString =~ s/&$//; # Remove the trailing "&" return($encodedString); # Send the encoded string.
}
- Set the URL manually....
my $url = 'http://sim3015.aditi.lindenlab.com:12046/cap/5a1b89cd-e681-8110-7245-fb98969f32a0';
my $info = submitInformation
($url,{'action' => 'send message',
'value'=> 'Hi there chief!', 'id'=>'244195d6-c9b7-4fd6-9229-c3a8b2e60e81', 'name'=>'M Linden'});
print($info,"\n");
</perl>
Here is the coresponding Python script. It does the same thing as the PERL script above.
<python>
- !/usr/bin/python
import urllib import re
- #################################################
- Routine to send the information to the prim
- submitInformation(url,information)
def submitInformation(url,parameters) :
- encodedParams = urllib.urlencode(parameters); # encode the parameters
encodedParams = dictionary2URI(parameters); # encode the parameters net = urllib.urlopen(url,encodedParams); # Post the data. return(net.read()); # return the result.
- ################################################
- Routine to encode a dictionary without using
- "+" for spaces.
- dictionary2URI(theDictionary)
def dictionary2URI(theDictionary) :
encoded = ; # Initialize the string to return
for key, value in theDictionary.iteritems():
# Encode each item in the dictionary.
encoded += urllib.quote(key)+"="+urllib.quote(value)+"&";
remove = re.compile('&$') # Remove the trailing ampersand.
encoded = remove.sub(,encoded);
return(encoded);
if __name__ == "__main__":
# Set the URL manually url = 'http://sim3015.aditi.lindenlab.com:12046/cap/5a1b89cd-e681-8110-7245-fb98969f32a0';
# Define the parameters
parameters = {'id':'244195d6-c9b7-4fd6-9229-c3a8b2e60e81',
'name':'M Linden',
'action':'send message',
'value':'Hey there, hi there, ho there!'};
# Pass the information along to the prim info = submitInformation(url,parameters); print(info);
</python>
Simple script for sending data to an LSL via PHP
This example by Simba Fuhr UPDATE April 16, 2011
Some hosting providers only allow fsockopen on the standard 80 and 443 ports. This script will not work on those providers. If your provider is willing to open some ports for you, HTTP-in uses port 12046, and HTTPS-in uses port 12043.
Secure URL Request with LSL.
Script returns the URL to itself. Please put this URL into your request from the PHP.
<lsl>
default
{
state_entry()
{
llRequestSecureURL();
}
http_request(key id, string method, string body)
{
if ((method == URL_REQUEST_GRANTED))
{
llOwnerSay("URL: " + body);
}
else if (method == "POST")
{
llOwnerSay("PHP script sent: {" + body + "}");
llHTTPResponse(id, 200, "PHP script sent: {" + body + "}");
}
}
} </lsl>
Here the PHP. A more advanced php function which supports complete url structures and automatical GET and POST types. Just dont submit any post Data to make a GET request. The Function supports any kind of url as secure and not secure (https and http). If you dont submit a port in the url, the default port for http (80) and https (443) will be used.
<php>
<?php
echo "LSL Script answered:
";
echo Advanced_HTTP_Request("https://sim20557.agni.lindenlab.com:12043/cap/5851e666-b0c6-f0a0-758a-9e8156765215", "Hello script, how are you ?");
function Advanced_HTTP_Request($Host, $PostData = "") {
$Method = "POST";
if (empty($PostData))
{$Method = "GET";}
$Port = 80;
if (strtolower(substr($Host, 0, 5)) == "https")
{$Port = 443;}
$Host = explode("//", $Host, 2);
if (count($Host) < 2)
{$Host[1] = $Host[0];}
$Host = explode("/", $Host[1], 2);
if ($Port == 443)
{$SSLAdd = "ssl://";}
$Host[0] = explode(":", $Host[0]);
if (count($Host[0]) > 1)
{
$Port = $Host[0][1];
$Host[0] = $Host[0][0];
}
else
{$Host[0] = $Host[0][0];}
$Socket = fsockopen($SSLAdd.$Host[0], $Port, $Dummy1, $Dummy2, 10);
if ($Socket)
{
fputs($Socket, "$Method /$Host[1] HTTP/1.1\r\n".
"Host: $Host[0]\r\n". "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n". "User-Agent: Opera/9.01 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en)\r\n". "Accept-Language: de-DE,de;q=0.9,en;q=0.8\r\n". "Accept-Charset: iso-8859-1, utf-8, utf-16, *;q=0.1\r\n". "Content-length: ".strlen($PostData)."\r\n". "Connection: close\r\n". "\r\n". $PostData);
$Tme = time();
while(!feof($Socket) && $Tme + 30 > time())
{$Res = $Res.fgets($Socket, 256);}
fclose($Socket);
}
$Res = explode("\n\n", $Res, 2);
return $Res[1];
} ?> </php>
Kelly's Stupid Web Status Updater
Is actually on its own page: Kelly's Stupid Web Status Updater
Kurai's mod from Kelly's stupid thing: Kurai's Stupid Web Status Updater Mod
Grid URL Persister sample script
This script shows how to use the free Grid URL Persister web service in order to deal with LSL HTTP Server temporary URLs.
Web-based dynamic buildings
HTTP-in may be used to easily send commands from a web page to an in-world object, so that web users can control and interact with buildings. The interactive installation Chromutate is based upon this idea: see its documentation page for free scripts and more details.
PHP/SQL Object DNS
Simple DNS server written in PHP to facilitate a DNS service for LSL scripts PHPDNS