I'm currently creating a go TCP server that handles file sharing between multiple go clients, that works fine. However, I'm also building a front end using vue.js showing some server stats like the number of users, bytes sent, etc.
The problem occurs when I include the 'http.ListenAndServe(":3000", nil)' function handles the requests from the front end of the server. Is it impossible to have a TCP and an HTTP server on the same go file?
If so, how can a link the three (frontend, go-server, clients)
Here is the code of the 'server.go'
func main() {
// Create TCP server
serverConnection, error := net.Listen("tcp", ":8085")
// Check if an error occured
// Note: because 'go' forces you to use each variable you declare, error
// checking is not optional, and maybe that's good
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
return
}
// Create server Hub
serverHb := newServerHub()
// Close the server just before the program ends
defer serverConnection.Close()
// Handle Front End requests
http.HandleFunc("/api/thumbnail", requestHandler)
fs := http.FileServer(http.Dir("../../tcp-server-frontend/dist"))
http.Handle("/", fs)
fmt.Println("Server listening on port 3000")
http.ListenAndServe(":3000", nil)
// Each client sends data, that data is received in the server by a client struct
// the client struct then sends the data, which is a request to a 'go' channel, which is similar to a queue
// Somehow this for loop runs only when a new connection is detected
for {
// Accept a new connection if a request is made
// serverConnection.Accept() blocks the for loop
// until a connection is accepted, then it blocks the for loop again!
connection, connectionError := serverConnection.Accept()
// Check if an error occurred
if connectionError != nil {
fmt.Println("1: Woah, there's a mistake here :/")
fmt.Println(connectionError)
fmt.Println("1: Woah, there's a mistake here :/")
// return
}
// Create new user
var client *Client = newClient(connection, "Unregistered_User", serverHb)
fmt.Println(client)
// Add client to serverHub
serverHb.addClient(client)
serverHb.listClients()
// go client.receiveFile()
go client.handleClientRequest()
}
}