// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later // Copyright 2016-2025 Hristo Gochkov, Mathieu Carbou, Emil Muratov // // Shows how to use request continuation to pause a request for a long processing task, and be able to resume it later. // #include #ifdef ESP32 #include #include #elif defined(ESP8266) #include #include #elif defined(TARGET_RP2040) || defined(TARGET_RP2350) || defined(PICO_RP2040) || defined(PICO_RP2350) #include #include #endif #include #include #include #include static AsyncWebServer server(80); // =============================================================== // The code below is used to simulate some long running operations // =============================================================== typedef struct { size_t id; AsyncWebServerRequestPtr requestPtr; uint8_t data; } LongRunningOperation; static std::list> longRunningOperations; static size_t longRunningOperationsCount = 0; #ifdef ESP32 static std::mutex longRunningOperationsMutex; #endif static void startLongRunningOperation(AsyncWebServerRequestPtr &&requestPtr) { #ifdef ESP32 std::lock_guard lock(longRunningOperationsMutex); #endif // LongRunningOperation *op = new LongRunningOperation(); std::unique_ptr op(new LongRunningOperation()); op->id = ++longRunningOperationsCount; op->data = 10; // you need to hold the AsyncWebServerRequestPtr returned by pause(); // This object is authorized to leave the scope of the request handler. op->requestPtr = std::move(requestPtr); Serial.printf("[%u] Start long running operation for %" PRIu8 " seconds...\n", op->id, op->data); longRunningOperations.push_back(std::move(op)); } static bool processLongRunningOperation(LongRunningOperation *op) { // request was deleted ? if (op->requestPtr.expired()) { Serial.printf("[%u] Request was deleted - stopping long running operation\n", op->id); return true; // operation finished } // processing the operation Serial.printf("[%u] Long running operation processing... %" PRIu8 " seconds left\n", op->id, op->data); // check if we have finished ? op->data--; if (op->data) { // not finished yet return false; } // Try to get access to the request pointer if it is still exist. // If there has been a disconnection during that time, the pointer won't be valid anymore if (auto request = op->requestPtr.lock()) { Serial.printf("[%u] Long running operation finished! Sending back response...\n", op->id); request->send(200, "text/plain", String(op->id) + " "); } else { Serial.printf("[%u] Long running operation finished, but request was deleted!\n", op->id); } return true; // operation finished } /// ========================================================== void setup() { Serial.begin(115200); #ifndef CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32H2 WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP); WiFi.softAP("esp-captive"); #endif // Add a middleware to see how pausing a request affects the middleware chain server.addMiddleware([](AsyncWebServerRequest *request, ArMiddlewareNext next) { Serial.printf("Middleware chain start\n"); // continue to the next middleware, and at the end the request handler next(); // we can check the request pause state after the handler was executed if (request->isPaused()) { Serial.printf("Request was paused!\n"); } Serial.printf("Middleware chain ends\n"); }); // HOW TO RUN THIS EXAMPLE: // // 1. Open several terminals to trigger some requests concurrently that will be paused with: // > time curl -v http://192.168.4.1/ // // 2. Look at the output of the Serial console to see how the middleware chain is executed // and to see the long running operations being processed and resume the requests. // // 3. You can try close your curl command to cancel the request and check that the request is deleted. // Note: in case the network is disconnected, the request will be deleted. // server.on("/", HTTP_GET, [](AsyncWebServerRequest *request) { // Print a message in case the request is disconnected (network disconnection, client close, etc.) request->onDisconnect([]() { Serial.printf("Request was disconnected!\n"); }); // Instruct ESPAsyncWebServer to pause the request and get a AsyncWebServerRequestPtr to be able to access the request later. // The AsyncWebServerRequestPtr is the ONLY object authorized to leave the scope of the request handler. // The Middleware chain will continue to run until the end after this handler exit, but the request will be paused and will not // be sent to the client until send() is called later. Serial.printf("Pausing request...\n"); AsyncWebServerRequestPtr requestPtr = request->pause(); // start our long operation... startLongRunningOperation(std::move(requestPtr)); }); server.begin(); } static uint32_t lastTime = 0; void loop() { if (millis() - lastTime >= 1000) { #ifdef ESP32 Serial.printf("Free heap: %" PRIu32 "\n", ESP.getFreeHeap()); std::lock_guard lock(longRunningOperationsMutex); #endif // process all long running operations longRunningOperations.remove_if([](const std::unique_ptr &op) { return processLongRunningOperation(op.get()); }); lastTime = millis(); } }