xmlrpc-c_example

A simple standalone XML-RPC Abyss HTTP/1.1 server with an appropriate client - written in C example programs inspired by https://sourceforge.net/p/xmlrpc-c/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/examples/

Installing requirements

To build the programs, you first need to install the following third-party development utilities and libraries:

clang gcc git make libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev

Also, you need to install XML-RPC C development libraries.

Third-party development utilities and libraries

On Debian-based OS the required third-party development utilities and libraries can be installed with the following command:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install clang gcc git make libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev

XML-RPC C development libraries

The required XML-RPC C development libraries can be installed with the following commands:

cd ~/
wget -c https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmlrpc-c/files/Xmlrpc-c%20Super%20Stable/1.54.05/xmlrpc-c-1.54.05.tgz
tar -xvf xmlrpc-c-1.54.05.tgz
cd xmlrpc-c-1.54.05
./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

Now you may remove ~/xmlrpc-c-1.54.05.tgz and ~/xmlrpc-c-1.54.05

rm -rf ~/xmlrpc-c-1.54.05.tgz ~/xmlrpc-c-1.54.05

Building

The programs can be built with the following commands:

cd ~/
git clone https://github.com/mxsleo/xmlrpc-c_example.git
cd xmlrpc-c_example
make

Also, the build system supports building only server or client and performing cleanup:

make server
make client
make clean

Usage

Server

To start the server, you can use the following command:

./unix_server <port>

For example,

./unix_server 8080

Also, you may execute it as a background task:

./unix_server <port> &

To return the process to foreground, use:

fg [<PID>]

To stop the server, use Ctrl+C

Client

To start the client, you can use the following command:

./unix_client <server ip> <port>

For example,

./unix_client 192.168.0.10 8080
./unix_client localhost 8080

Tracing

If you want to discover, what is being transmitted over the network during the communication between the programs, use the following command:

sudo tcpdump -i any -A port <port>