About Editor HTTP API

selimanac · March 28, 2024, 8:23am

Editor HTTP API is a great tool for 3rd party editors.

I know it is in experimental state and I know it log the ‘util.http-server’ if it started from console and it works fine.
But, how can we get/find the http server port externally? Is there a way to get ‘util.http-server’ value from console by calling/reading any file or from somewhere, somehow?

britzl · March 28, 2024, 8:23am

I think what we want is to let the developer either let the editor pick a random port like now or make it configurable. The port is provided here:

github.com

defold/defold/blob/dev/editor/src/clj/editor/boot_open_project.clj#L204

    
      
              curve-view           (curve-view/make-view! app-view *view-graph*
                                                          (.lookup root "#curve-editor-container")
                                                          (.lookup root "#curve-editor-list")
                                                          (.lookup root "#curve-editor-view")
                                                          {:tab (find-tab tool-tabs "curve-editor-tab")})
              debug-view           (debug-view/make-view! app-view *view-graph*
                                                          project
                                                          root
                                                          open-resource
                                                          (partial app-view/debugger-state-changed! scene tool-tabs))
              web-server           (-> (http-server/->server 0 {engine-profiler/url-prefix engine-profiler/handler
                                                                web-profiler/url-prefix web-profiler/handler
                                                                hot-reload/url-prefix (partial hot-reload/build-handler workspace project)
                                                                hot-reload/verify-etags-url-prefix (partial hot-reload/verify-etags-handler workspace project)
                                                                bob/html5-url-prefix (partial bob/html5-handler project)
                                                                command-requests/url-prefix (command-requests/make-request-handler root (app-view/make-render-task-progress :resource-sync))
                                                                console/url-prefix (console/make-request-handler console-view)})
                                       http-server/start!)]
          (ui/add-application-focused-callback! :main-stage app-view/handle-application-focused! app-view changes-view workspace prefs)
          (extensions/reload! project :all (app-view/make-extensions-ui workspace changes-view prefs))

The 0 indicates that a random port will be picked:

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/net/InetSocketAddress.html#InetSocketAddress-java.net.InetAddress-int-

selimanac · March 28, 2024, 10:38am

Thank you, I assume currently there is no way to set it.
I found this workaround, but it would be perfect if the port number can be configured from editor’s preference window. I guess, I have to feature request?

britzl · March 28, 2024, 10:38am

Correct!

selimanac · March 29, 2024, 8:51am

Done: Configurable port for Editor HTTP API · Issue #8737 · defold/defold · GitHub