Lightweight web server with XMLHttpRequest support

Hello everybody,

I am searching for a lightweight web server with XMLHttpRequest support. I am totally new to this web server/HTTP/JavaScript and AJAX things, and since I don't know to which API this XMLHttpRequest-method belongs, I don't know which standards the web server must support. That's why I have decided to ask you!

The target system is a Xilinx Virtex-4 FX12 Mini-Module from Avnet which has

• Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGA with a PowerPC 405 micro processor
• 64 MByte RAM: serves as RAM and holds the filesystem
• 4 MByte FLASH Memory: holds the compressed filesystem image
• Gigabit Ethernet PHY

The OS is based on xlnx-linux-2.6 (Xilinx Linux) and the filesystem including programs has been generated using Buildroot and BusyBox. Currently, I'm using the httpd web server provided by BusyBox. Unfortunately, this one seems not to support XMLHttpRequests.

Here are my questions for you:

1. Is it possible to make the current web server supporting XMLHttpRequests?
2. To which API does the XMLHttpRequest method belong? What should I check a potential web server for?
3. Are there any web servers you can recommend to me? Note: Due to the 4MByte FLASH memory for the filesystem, the web server must be really lightweight!
4. Do you have any ideas where I could get some input or help?

Thank you! Best regards,

Pi

Have you investigated nginx?

Originally Posted by markjuggles Have you investigated nginx?

Hi,
a friend of mine told me to do so. I have just found out, that any web server that can HTML should be able to handle these XMLHttpRequest as they are just normal HTML request on the server side.
I will now debug my code and see whether it is possible or not with the current web server. I will report back and let you know.

Regards,

Pi

I found out that the JavaScript code example I used was terribly wrong.
Indeed, every standard web server can handle XMLHttpRequests as they are just Http requests on the server side.

Problem solved.