ESP8266 Community Forum

- Fri May 22, 2015 11:20 pm #18216 If a server is created with

Code: Select allserver = net.createServer(net.TCP, 30)
server:listen(80)


then the reference to the server is lost, for instance, because a file is reloaded, then there is no way to close that server or get access to it. If the server is not closed then it is not possible to create a new server without resetting the board.

Is it possible to add either net.getServer() that returns the server created by net.createServer(), or net.closeServer() that releases that server.

- Tue May 26, 2015 12:45 am #18470 Why not just make server a global? Then you can do something like:

Code: Select allif server then server:close () end

Please see my Developer FAQ for Q&A on nodeMCU Lua before asking a question here that's already been answered. This and the other official documentation should be your first reference for developing Lua Apps

- Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:27 pm #21843 If some other code calls server net.createServer(net.TCP, 30) and does not make it public then the only solution at present is to reboot. This is already a static object buried somewhere in the code. Exposing that object makes the API more complete.

- Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:48 am #21857 Agreed, but most ESP8266 Lua apps are single developer, and the fact that the SDK only supports one TCP server at a time is a design constraint. Surely this isn't a big issue in the overall scheme of things.

Please see my Developer FAQ for Q&A on nodeMCU Lua before asking a question here that's already been answered. This and the other official documentation should be your first reference for developing Lua Apps