Megatest

;;
(define (api:process-request dbstruct $) ;; the $ is the request vars proc
  (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "server-id:"  *server-id*)
  (let* ((cmd     ($ 'cmd))
	 (paramsj ($ 'params))
         (key     ($ 'key))   
	 (params  (db:string->obj paramsj transport: 'http))) ;; incoming data from the POST (or is it a GET?)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "cmd:" cmd " with params " params "key " key)
    (if (equal? key *server-id*)
      (begin
        (set! *api-process-request-count* (+ *api-process-request-count* 1))
 	(let* ((resdat  (api:execute-requests dbstruct (vector cmd params))) ;; process the request, resdat = #( flag result )
	       (success (vector-ref resdat 0))
	       (res     (vector-ref resdat 1))) ;; (vector flag payload), get the payload, ignore the flag (why?)
	  (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "res:" res)

	  ;;          (boolean? res))
	  ;;      res 
	  ;;      (list "ERROR, not string, list, number or boolean" 1 cmd params res)))))
	  (db:obj->string res transport: 'http)))
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port*   "Server refused to process request. Sever id mismatch. recived " key " expected:  " *server-id* ".\nOther arguments recived: cmd=" cmd " params = " params) 
	  (db:obj->string (conc "Server refused to process request server-id mismatch: " key ", " *server-id*) transport: 'http)))))

)

    (let* ((send-recieve (lambda ()
			   (set! res
				 (vector
				  #t ;; success
				  (with-input-from-request
				   (servdat-api-uri sdat)
				   (list (cons 'key qry-key)
					 ;; (cons 'srvid (servdat-uuid sdat))
					 (cons 'cmd cmd)
					 (cons 'params sparams))
				   read-string))))) ;; or read-string?
	      (time-out     (lambda ()
			      (thread-sleep! 45)
			      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: send-receive took more than 45 seconds!!")
			      #f))
	      (th1 (make-thread send-recieve "with-input-from-request"))
	      (th2 (make-thread time-out     "time out")))
	 (thread-start! th1)

;;
(define (servdat-init sdat-in iface port uuid)
  (let* ((sdat (or sdat-in (make-servdat))))
    (if uuid (servdat-uuid-set! sdat uuid))
    (servdat-host-set! sdat iface)
    (servdat-port-set! sdat port)
    (servdat-api-url-set! sdat (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/api"))
    (servdat-api-uri-set! sdat (uri-reference (servdat-api-url sdat)))
    (servdat-api-req-set! sdat (make-request method: 'POST
					     uri: (servdat-api-uri sdat)))
    ;; set up the http-client parameters
    (max-retry-attempts 1)
    ;; consider all requests indempotent
    (retry-request? (lambda (request)
		      #f))

  (fullname #f)
  (hostport #f)
  (lastmsg  0)
  (expires  0))

;; replaces *runremote*
(define *rmt:remote* (make-rmt:remote))

;; set up the api proc, seems like there should be a better place for this?
(api-proc api:process-request)

;; do we have a connection to apath dbname and
;; is it not expired? then return it
;;
;; else setup a connection
;;
;; if that fails, return '(#f "some reason") ;; NB// convert to raising an exception

			   (system (conc "nbfake megatest -server - -area "apath
					 " -db "dbname))
			   (thread-sleep! 1.5)
			   (rmt:open-main-connection remote apath) ;; TODO: Add limit to number of tries
			   )))
    (if the-srv ;; yes, we have a server, now try connecting to it
	(let* ((srv-addr (server-address the-srv))
	       (ipaddr   (alist-ref 'ipaddr the-srv))
	       (port     (alist-ref 'port   the-srv))
	       (srvready (server-ready? ipaddr port))
	       (fullpath (db:dbname->path apath dbname)))
	  (if srvready
	      (hash-table-set! (rmt:remote-conns remote)
			       fullpath
			       (make-rmt:conn
				apath:   apath
				dbname:  dbname