BR Web Scripting

James Lowman · Post by **James Lowman** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:15 am

I am trying to learn the BR Web Bridge that was taught at the last conference and having some troubles with the basics. I have included all the required programs (short cuts) in one file and tried to use the examples but keep getting errors. Such as not finding the correct page, or even not finding the site. Is there something I am missing?
Jamie

Post by **admin** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:45 am

You will need to have an HTTP server installed. I use WampServer for most development. You can get that here:

http://www.wampserver.com/en/

xampp is supposed to be good, also.

You will also need to add your own brserial.dat file.

If that is done, check to see if the web service is running by going to http://localhost/ in your browser and see if the default page comes up.

What OS are you installing on?

Post by **admin** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:46 am

Fixed that link

Chris Shields · Post by **Chris Shields** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:52 am

That last two comments were mine. Forgot to use my personal account, again.

James Lowman · Post by **James Lowman** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:04 am

I am running Windows XP Pro, also using Apache for server software.

Chris Shields · Post by **Chris Shields** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:27 am

It looks like I need to do some cleanup of the wiki documentation. I'll try to get in there and update soon.

Which links are you referring to?

Chris Shields · Post by **Chris Shields** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:06 pm

You must also have Apache's PHP module installed.

James Lowman · Post by **James Lowman** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:12 pm

I have placed the PHP in the folder with Apache, BR Web Scripting Bridge, and Fileio. I have tried to use webcrawl.php, csscrawl.php. itemlist.php, and select.php with the same blank page results.

Chris Shields · Post by **Chris Shields** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:47 pm

Download the latest bridge package here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/brwebscriptingb/

Apache will be configured to use some directory as the 'root' of the web server. Open the 'httpd.conf' file and find the 'DocumentRoot' directive. This is where all website content should be placed. I would create a subdirectory for the samples. The default would look like this:

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DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/wamp/www/"

Copy the entire 'examples' folder from the Bridge download into this folder.

Copy a valid serial file for br418 into the "/examples/br" folder.

You should now be able to view the demo in the browser at;

http://locahost/examples/

That should bring up the same demo page you see on the official site. Let me know if you made it this far.

James Lowman · Post by **James Lowman** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:13 pm

Thank you Chris, I now can see and run the examples. Let me look at them and if I having anymore questions I know where to seek help.
Jamie