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(define (make-http-transport:server-dat)(make-vector 6))
(define (http-transport:server-dat-get-iface         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 0))
(define (http-transport:server-dat-get-port          vec)    (vector-ref  vec 1))
(define (http-transport:server-dat-get-api-uri       vec)    (vector-ref  vec 2))
(define (http-transport:server-dat-get-api-url       vec)    (vector-ref  vec 3))
(define (http-transport:server-dat-get-api-req       vec)    (vector-ref  vec 4))
(define (http-transport:server-dat-get-last-access   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 5))
(define (http-transport:server-dat-get-transport     vec)    (vector-ref  vec 6))

(define (http-transport:server-dat-make-url vec)
  (if (and (http-transport:server-dat-get-iface vec)
	   (http-transport:server-dat-get-port  vec))
      (conc "http://" 
	    (http-transport:server-dat-get-iface vec)
	    ":"

;;
;; connect
;;
(define (http-transport:client-connect iface port)
  (let* ((api-url      (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/api"))
	 (api-uri      (uri-reference (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/api")))
	 (api-req      (make-request method: 'POST uri: api-uri))
	 (server-dat   (vector iface port api-uri api-url api-req (current-seconds) 'http)))
    server-dat))

;; run http-transport:keep-running in a parallel thread to monitor that the db is being 
;; used and to shutdown after sometime if it is not.
;;
(define (http-transport:keep-running server-id run-id)
  ;; if none running or if > 20 seconds since 

				    (begin
				      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "transport appears to have died, exiting server " server-id " for run " run-id)
				      (tasks:server-delete-record (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) server-id "failed to start, never received server alive signature")
				      (exit))
				    (loop start-time
					  (equal? sdat last-sdat)
					  sdat)))))))
         (iface       (car server-info)) ;; BB> this represents ip address, not interface (like eth0 as I would expect from the term)
         (port        (cadr server-info))
         (last-access 0)
	 (server-timeout (server:get-timeout)))
    (let loop ((count         0)
	       (server-state 'available)
	       (bad-sync-count 0))

	      (begin
		(current-error-port *alt-log-file*)
		(current-output-port *alt-log-file*)))))
    (if (server:check-if-running run-id)
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Server for run-id " run-id " already running")
	  (exit 0)))
    (let loop ((server-id (tasks:server-lock-slot (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id 'http))
	       (remtries  4))
      (if (not server-id)
	  (if (> remtries 0)
	      (begin
		(thread-sleep! 2)
		(loop (tasks:server-lock-slot (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id 'http)
		      (- remtries 1)))
	      (begin
		;; since we didn't get the server lock we are going to clean up and bail out
		(debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "INFO: server pid=" (current-process-id) ", hostname=" (get-host-name) " not starting due to other candidates ahead in start queue")
		(tasks:server-delete-records-for-this-pid (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) " http-transport:launch")
		))
	  (let* ((th2 (make-thread (lambda ()