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	 (ipaddrstr       (let ((ipstr (if (string=? "-" hostn)
					   ;; (string-intersperse (map number->string (u8vector->list (hostname->ip hostname))) ".")
					   (server:get-best-guess-address hostname)
					   #f)))
			    (if ipstr ipstr hostn))) ;; hostname))) 
	 (start-port      (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:find-port))
	 (link-tree-path  (common:get-linktree))
	 (tmp-area        (common:get-db-tmp-area *alldat*))
	 (start-file      (conc tmp-area "/.server-start")))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "portlogger recommended port: " start-port)
    ;; set some parameters for the server
    (root-path     (if link-tree-path 
		       link-tree-path
		       (current-directory))) ;; WARNING: SECURITY HOLE. FIX ASAP!
    (handle-directory spiffy-directory-listing)

			 (http-transport:server-dat-get-api-req serverdat)
			 (begin
			   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "FATAL ERROR: http-transport:client-api-send-receive called with no server info")
			   (exit 1))))
	 (res        (vector #f "uninitialized"))
	 (success    #t)
	 (sparams    (db:obj->string params transport: 'http))
	 (areadat  (or area-dat *areadat*)))
       (debug:print-info 11 *default-log-port* "fullurl=" fullurl ", cmd=" cmd ", params=" params ", run-id=" run-id "\n")
       ;; set up the http-client here
       (max-retry-attempts 1)
       ;; consider all requests indempotent
       (retry-request? (lambda (request)
			 #f))
       ;; send the data and get the response

                                                (if (debug:debug-mode 1)
                                                    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "couldn't talk to server, trying again ...")
                                                    (begin
                                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: failure in with-input-from-request to " fullurl ".")
                                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " msg)
                                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " cmd: " cmd " params: " params)
                                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " call-chain: " call-chain)))
                                                (if areadat
						    (areadat-conndat-set! areadat #f))
						;; Killing associated server to allow clean retry.")
						;; (tasks:kill-server-run-id run-id)  ;; better to kill the server in the logic that called this routine?
						(mutex-unlock! *http-mutex*)
					     ;;; (signal (make-composite-condition
					     ;;;          (make-property-condition 'commfail 'message "failed to connect to server")))
					     ;;; "communications failed"
						(db:obj->string #f))

                       (signal (vector-ref res 0)))
                     res))
	     (signal (make-composite-condition
		      (make-property-condition 
		       'timeout
		       'message "nmsg-transport:client-api-send-receive-raw timed out talking to server")))))))

;; careful closing of connections stored in *alldat*
;;
(define (http-transport:close-connections #!key (all-dat #f))
  (let* ((alldat  (or all-dat *alldat*))
	 (server-dat (if alldat
                         (alldat-conndat alldat)
                         #f))) ;; (hash-table-ref/default *areadat* run-id #f)))
    (if (vector? server-dat)
	(let ((api-dat (http-transport:server-dat-get-api-uri server-dat)))
	  (handle-exceptions
	    exn
	    (begin
	      (print-call-chain *default-log-port*)
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " closing connection failed with error: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))

;; used and to shutdown after sometime if it is not.
;;
(define (http-transport:keep-running) 
  ;; if none running or if > 20 seconds since 
  ;; server last used then start shutdown
  ;; This thread waits for the server to come alive
  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting the sync-back, keep alive thread in server")
  (let* ((tmp-area          (common:get-db-tmp-area *alldat*))
	 (started-file      (conc tmp-area "/.server-started"))
	 (server-start-time (current-seconds))
	 (server-info (let loop ((start-time (current-seconds))
				 (changed    #t)
				 (last-sdat  "not this"))
                        (let ((sdat #f))
			  (thread-sleep! 0.01)

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server? 
;;
(define (http-transport:launch)
  ;; check that a server start is in progress, pause or exit if so
  (let* ((tmp-area            (common:get-db-tmp-area *alldat*))
	 (server-start        (conc tmp-area "/.server-start"))
	 (server-started      (conc tmp-area "/.server-started"))
	 (start-time          (common:lazy-modification-time server-start))
	 (started-time        (common:lazy-modification-time server-started))
	 (server-starting     (< start-time started-time)) ;; if start-time is less than started-time then a server is still starting
	 (start-time-old      (> (- (current-seconds) start-time) 5))
         (cleanup-proc        (lambda (msg)