Megatest

	 (sparams    (db:obj->string params transport: 'http))
	 (runremote  (or area-dat *runremote*))
         (server-id   (if (vector? serverdat) 
                           (http-transport:server-dat-get-server-id serverdat)
                           (begin
			     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "FATAL ERROR: http-transport:client-api-send-receive called with no server info")
			     (exit 1)))))
       ;(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "fullurl=" fullurl ", cmd=" cmd ", params=" params ", run-id=" run-id "\n runremote=" runremote " serverdat=" serverdat " server-id" server-id "current time:" (current-seconds) ) 
       ;(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "cmd=" cmd " fullurl=" fullurl " server-id=" server-id " current time:" (current-seconds)) 
       (debug:print-info 11 *default-log-port* "cmd=" cmd " fullurl=" fullurl " server-id=" server-id " current time:" (current-seconds)) 

       ;; set up the http-client here
       (max-retry-attempts 1)
       ;; consider all requests indempotent
       (retry-request? (lambda (request)
			 #f))
       ;; send the data and get the response

					 success
					 (db:string->obj 
					  (handle-exceptions
					      exn
					      (let ((call-chain (get-call-chain))
						    (msg        ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
						(set! success #f)
                                                (if (debug:debug-mode 3)
                                                (if (debug:debug-mode 1)
                                                    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "couldn't talk to server, trying again ...")
                                                    (begin
                                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: failure in with-input-from-request to " fullurl ".")
                                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " msg ", exn=" exn)
                                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " cmd: " cmd " params: " params " key:" (or server-id "thekey"))
                                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " call-chain: " call-chain)))
                                                (if runremote

	      (th1 (make-thread send-recieve "with-input-from-request"))
	      (th2 (make-thread time-out     "time out")))
	 (thread-start! th1)
	 (thread-start! th2)
	 (thread-join! th1)
          (vector-set! res 0 success)
	 (thread-terminate! th2)
	 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "got res=" res)
	 (if (vector? res)
	     (if (vector-ref res 0) ;; this is the first flag or the second flag?
		 res ;; this is the *inner* vector? seriously? why?
                 (if (debug:debug-mode 11)
                     (let ((call-chain (get-call-chain))) ;; note: this code also called in nmsg-transport - consider consolidating it
                       (print-call-chain (current-error-port))
                       (debug:print-error 11 *default-log-port* "error above occured at server, res=" res) ;; " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))