HIX - Harbour web server

[Carles]

Hi!,

Can you show me what error message you're getting?

C.

[hua]

Hi Carles,
With this hix.json I get

Anything wrong with this hix.json? Got a message error config file

TIA

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/* ------------------------------------
   Hix config file
   Harbour Web Server
  ------------------------------------- */
{
  "app":
  {
    "name": "HIX",
    "version": "1.3a",
    "compilation": "(r2603301842)"
  },
  "config":
  {
    "app_name": "MyApp 1.3a",
    "domain": "localhost",
    "https": false,
    "port": 80,
    "show_info": true,
    "path_root": "/",
    "index_root": false,
    "path_log": ".log",
    "path_tmp": ".tmp",
    "trace": false,
    "trace_view": false
  },
  "folders": [],
  "status": [],
  "routes": [],
  "loader": [],
  "ssl":
  {
    "cert_public": "",
    "cert_key": ""
  },
  "sets":
  {
    "dateformat": "dd/mm/yyyy",
    "decimals": 2,
    "deleted": false,
    "epoch": 1900,
    "exact": false,
    "exclusive": false,
    "fixed": false,
    "language": "EN",
    "softseek": false,
    "unique": false
  }
}

[hua]

Can run without error if using hix.json that comes pre-installed with hix.

But if I pasted this in,

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  "routes": [
    { "route": "/", "action": "html/login.html" },
    { "route": "/register", "action": "html/register.html" },
    { "route": "/login_auth", "action": "login_auth.prg" },
    { "route": "/register_save", "action": "register_save.prg" },
    { "route": "/admin/dashboard", "action": "admin_dash.prg" },
    { "route": "/admin/user_status", "action": "user_status.prg" }
  ],

when I start hix, I'll get this

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/* ------------------------------------
   Hix config file
   Harbour Web Server
  ------------------------------------- */
{
  "app":
  {
    "name": "HIX",
    "version": "1.3a",
    "compilation": "(r2603301842)"
  },
  "config":
  {
    "app_name": "MyApp 1.3a",
    "domain": "localhost",
    "https": false,
    "port": 80,
    "show_info": true,
    "path_root": "/",
    "index_root": false,
    "path_log": ".log",
    "path_tmp": ".tmp",
    "trace": false,
    "trace_view": false
  },
  "folders": [],
  "status": [],
  "routes": [],
  "loader": [],
  "ssl":
  {
    "cert_public": "",
    "cert_key": ""
  },
  "sets":
  {
    "dateformat": "dd/mm/yyyy",
    "decimals": 2,
    "deleted": false,
    "epoch": 1900,
    "exact": false,
    "exclusive": false,
    "fixed": false,
    "language": "EN",
    "softseek": false,
    "unique": false
  },
  "dbf":
  {
    "rddname": "DBFCDX"
  },
  "upload":
  {
    "size": 1000000,
    "lifedays": 1,
    "garbage": 20000000,
    "allowed": ""
  },
  "sessions":
  {
    "path": ".sessions",
    "name": "USESSID",
    "prefix": "_sess",
    "seed": "HiX@2025!",
    "duration": 3600,
    "lifedays": 3,
    "garbage": 1000,
    "crypt": false
  },
  "firewall":
  {
    "activate": false,
    "type": "B",
    "list": []
  }
}

[Carles]

Hi,

A route must have a method in every route, which is usually either GET or POST. You must specify this method in the JSON, for example:

{ "route": "/", "action": "html/login.html", "method": "GET" },...

If you don't know which method to use (understanding this concept is essential in web development), you can specify both:

{ "route": "/register_save", "action": "register_save.prg", "method": "GET,POST" },...

Try making these changes and let me know...

C.

[Carles]

Hi,

Every route must have a method, which is usually either GET or POST. You must specify this method in the JSON, for example:

{ "route": "/", "action": "html/login.html", "method": "GET" },...

If you don't know which method to use (understanding this concept is essential in web development), you can specify both:

{ "route": "/register_save", "action": "register_save.prg", "method": "GET,POST" },...

Try making these changes and let me know...

C.

[hua]

Thank you
Adding "method" to route fix the issue.

Where can I read more on configuration in hix.json?

I am also facing 404 error on a login form created for my test.
I am not sure what i have overlooked. All the files were created using gemini but it's still not working

[Carles]

Hi,

There is no information about hix.json. It's a configuration file that HIX handles through its own configuration options. If you want to let the AI ​​configure the JSON, you'll need to see what each program option does when you configure it and the resulting JSON file.

C.

[hua]

Previous error was because AI assume I was on Linux so generated hix.json with end of line marker LF instead of CRLF.
So now no more directly editing hix.json but am changing settings within hix.exe itself.

Now a new mystery to me. In the folder where hix.exe is I created a sub-folder called app and placed index.html here.
I then set Path Root to app. Why browsing localhost shows Hix startup page instead of my landing page app/index.html?

Inside app I created a few sub-folders; css, img but when I start hix it says css, img don't exist

TIA

[Carles]

Hi,

Put a simple html (10 lines) and i will try this afternoon...

Thanks

C.

[hua]

xxxxx.yyyyy.com -> loads Hix default web page
xxxxx.yyyyyy.com/app -> returns 404
xxxxx.yyyyyy.com/app/index.html -> load the landing page correctly

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 {
    "app_name": "My App",
    "domain": "xxxxx.yyyyy.com",
    "https": false,
    "port": 80,
    "show_info": true,
    "path_root": "app",
    "index_root": false,
    "path_log": ".log",
    "path_tmp": ".tmp",
    "trace": true,
    "trace_view": false
  },

[Carles]

Hua,

Define a route to the root directory and it should work.

C.

[hua]

Thank you Carles.

The only error remaining for now is this whenever I start the web server:

But the sub-folders do exist in app folder:

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  "folders":
  [
    {
      "name": "css",
      "index": false
    },
    {
      "name": "js",
      "index": false
    },
    {
      "name": "img",
      "index": false
    }
  ],

[Carles]

Hua,

When you define a folder, it's relative to the server's directory.

If you define folder -> js, this folder is located in the server's directory.

If you define folder -> app/js, this folder is located in the server's directory + /app/js.

This is because you can enable a folder, for example, for data, reports, etc., independently of the web application's code.

Try defining folder -> app/js, folder -> app/css, etc.

C.

[hua]

Thank you very much for the assistance Carles.
Sorry for the noob questions

[dutch]

Dear Carles,

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Thanks in advance,