I have a web server (thttpd), and I want to periodically change the text on the HTML page depending on the data from my application C. I think to write a simple .txt file in the C application and periodically read it on a web server and change data on the HTML page. But I don't know how to do it. Maybe there are more correct and simple versions, how to do it?
ANSWER: I make this by using fetch(). This code read text from file dynamic_data.txt and change element with id="ispr_1" with this text every 3sec.
<script>
const ispr = document.getElementById("ispr_1");
var myFile = 'dynamic_data.txt';
async function getUsers() {
var response = await fetch(myFile, {cache: "reload"});
if (response.ok) {
var data = await response.text();
ispr.textContent = data;
return data;
} else {
alert('error', response.status);
}
}
var intervalId = setInterval(getUsers, 3000);
</script>