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Guy Park
Guy Park

Reputation: 1037

Running an local executable/binary via a web app?

Extending a web app for someone that I built, and one of the things we want to do is to integrate with a special piece of local hardware.

I am able to communicate with this hardware, building my own C++ app on the computer connected to it, but the web app being cloud based, I need some way to utilise a local executable/binary on specific machines.

Is there a method that will allow me to run an executable/binary/(custom)sdk from the browser, when available?

I'm thinking something like Flash did with a browser plugin. I don't mind installing and enabling permissions on the browser on these computers, as I am expecting it.

EDIT:

Seems there was NPAPI, which was depreciated and now there's NaCL, which will be depreciated too in Q1 2018 in favour of Extensions (simple webpages).

What I will be needing is the ability to connect to a local device via some TCP/UDP socket. Does anyone know if Extensions have available API's to access Sockets (not WebSockets, as these work differently).

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