Web Server

HTTP Matlab Web Server, allows m-files to be executed in a browser

Description

This function WEBSERVER, is a HTTP webserver for HTML code and images and also allows execution of Matlab code through the web.

   webserver(port)

 Supports
   - HTML and images
   - Sub-Folders
   - Upload files
   - M file execution

 Example,
  webserver(4000);
  % Use firefox or internet explorer and visit http://localhost:4000/
 

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.10 (2010a)

[Nicolas Billard]

It's interesting project apart some stability problems.

The following message is often displayed (when i launch webserver first time, it's ok. If i stop it and run it again, it's rain of messages) :

??? Java exception occurred:
java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(Unknown Source)
at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(Unknown Source)
at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(Unknown Source)
Error in ==> JavaTcpServer at 10
        serverSocket = ServerSocket(data);
Error in ==> webserver at 33
TCP=JavaTcpServer('initialize',[],port);

Other problem, i must refresh sometimes until almost 10 times before the server executes my url.

If you have any suggestion to improve the stability, I'm very interested.

[Dirk-Jan Kroon]

*Nicolas Billard

Thank you for your comments.

The Java-error is due to earlier usage of the port without correctly closing/disconnecting the port due to a code-crash or other problem. In the future I will probably try to solve that by storing the port in a Matlab global, making it possible to close the port after a code crash.

I didn't experience the refresh problems my self. But the code is very experimental, and still more like a prove of concept. Hopefully i will find time to improve the code in the near future, or maybe somebody else will create his own project from this with more stable code.

[Dirk-Jan Kroon]

*Nicolas Billard
Today I uploaded the version which solves your problems (will probably be online tomorrow) ...

[Nicolas Billard]

I can confirm it works well.

[Aleksandar Pavic]

Very interesting, I will test this, I've made php-console bridge on linux...

[Adam Leadbetter]

Very nice piece of code. It works very well for me.

[Sung]

 

[Ernest]

Hi.. how do I automatically reset the webserver whenever I encounter this error:

Java exception occurred:
java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: socket write error

That is, I dont need to go to matlab and re-run webserver(80) manula in the command window.

Thank you.

[Mathias Bustamante]

Excelent piece of code, very useful !
Thanks

[Changshun Deng]

Does this need appach or IIS?