kiwix-serve integration

src/kiwixserve.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include "kiwixserve.h"
+#include "subprocess.h"
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    # define KIWIXSERVE_CMD "kiwix-serve.exe"
+#else
+    # define KIWIXSERVE_CMD "kiwix-serve"
+#endif
+
+namespace kiwix {
+
+KiwixServe::KiwixServe() : m_port(8181)
+{
+}
+
+KiwixServe::~KiwixServe()
+{
+    shutDown();
+}
+
+void KiwixServe::run()
+{
+    #ifdef _WIN32
+        int pid = GetCurrentProcessId();
+    #else
+        pid_t pid = getpid();
+
+    #endif
+
+    std::vector<const char*> callCmd;
+    std::string kiwixServeCmd = appendToDirectory(
+        removeLastPathElement(getExecutablePath(), true, true),
+        KIWIXSERVE_CMD);
+    if (fileExists(kiwixServeCmd)) {
+        // A local kiwix-serve exe exists (packaged with kiwix-desktop), use it.
+        callCmd.push_back(kiwixServeCmd.c_str());
+    } else {
+        // Try to use a potential installed kiwix-serve.
+        callCmd.push_back(KIWIXSERVE_CMD);
+    }
+    std::string libraryPath = getDataDirectory() + "/library.xml";
+    std::string attachProcessOpt = "-a" + to_string(pid);
+    std::string portOpt = "-p" + to_string(m_port);
+    callCmd.push_back(attachProcessOpt.c_str());
+    callCmd.push_back(portOpt.c_str());
+    callCmd.push_back("-l");
+    callCmd.push_back(libraryPath.c_str());
+    mp_kiwixServe = Subprocess::run(callCmd);
+}
+
+void KiwixServe::shutDown()
+{
+    if (mp_kiwixServe)
+        mp_kiwixServe->kill();
+}
+
+}

src/meson.build

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ kiwix_sources = [
   'tools/stringTools.cpp',
   'tools/networkTools.cpp',
   'tools/otherTools.cpp',
+  'kiwixserve.cpp',
 ]
 kiwix_sources += lib_resources