Megatest

(define (http-transport:inc-requests-and-prep-to-close-all-connections)
  (mutex-lock! *http-mutex*)
  (set! *http-requests-in-progress* (+ 1 *http-requests-in-progress*)))

;; Send "cmd" with json payload "params" to serverdat and receive result
;;
(define (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id serverdat cmd params #!key (numretries 30))
(define (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id serverdat cmd params #!key (numretries 3))
  (let* ((fullurl    (if (list? serverdat)
			 (list-ref serverdat 4) ;; (cadddr serverdat) ;; this is the uri for /api
			 (begin
			   (debug:print 0 "FATAL ERROR: http-transport:client-api-send-receive called with no server info")
			   (exit 1))))
	 (res        #f))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (if (> numretries 0)
	 (begin
	   (mutex-unlock! *http-mutex*)
	   (thread-sleep! 10)
	   (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id serverdat cmd params (- numretries 1)))
	 #f)
	   (thread-sleep! 2)
	   (close-all-connections!)
	   (debug:print 0 "WARNING: Failed to communicate with server, trying again, numretries left: " numretries)
	   (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id serverdat cmd params numretries: (- numretries 1)))
	 (begin
	   (mutex-unlock! *http-mutex*)
	   #f))
     (begin
       (debug:print-info 11 "fullurl=" fullurl ", cmd=" cmd ", params=" params ", run-id=" run-id "\n")
       ;; set up the http-client here
       (max-retry-attempts 5)
       (max-retry-attempts 1)
       ;; consider all requests indempotent
       (retry-request? (lambda (request)
			 #t))
			 #f))
       ;; send the data and get the response
       ;; extract the needed info from the http data and 
       ;; process and return it.
       (let* ((send-recieve (lambda ()
			      (mutex-lock! *http-mutex*)
			      (set! res (with-input-from-request ;; was dat
					 fullurl 

	(let ((new-connection-info (client:setup run-id)))
	  (debug:print 0 "WARNING: Communication failed, trying call to http-transport:client-api-send-receive again.")
	  (rmt:send-receive cmd run-id params)))))

(define (rmt:send-receive-no-auto-client-setup connection-info cmd run-id params)
  (let* ((run-id   (if run-id run-id 0))
	 (jparams         (db:obj->string params)) ;; (rmt:dat->json-str params))
	 (res (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id connection-info cmd jparams numretries: 3)))
	 (res (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id connection-info cmd jparams)))
    (if res
	(db:string->obj res) ;; (rmt:json-str->dat res)
	;; this one does NOT keep trying
	res)))

;; Wrap json library for strings (why the ports crap in the first place?)
(define (rmt:dat->json-str dat)