From c0f0414ff8a058f7d3d2d10af9a2ae2b8e3a46a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 17:05:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] smarter variable name. predicts a logpb

---
 httpRequest.proto |  2 +-
 startHTTP.go      | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 startHTTP.go

diff --git a/httpRequest.proto b/httpRequest.proto
index 8b1c86b..f165c9b 100644
--- a/httpRequest.proto
+++ b/httpRequest.proto
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ message HttpRequest {                                       // HttpRequest repre
         int64                       clientDataLen     = 12; // len(body)
         bytes                       serverData        = 13; // the server response
         int64                       serverDataLen     = 14; // len(data)
-        repeated string             log               = 15; // use this to store whatever you want while the whole POST happens
+        repeated string             logs              = 15; // use this to store whatever you want while the whole POST happens
 }
 
 message HttpRequests {                                      // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:mutex`
diff --git a/startHTTP.go b/startHTTP.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38c0311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/startHTTP.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 1994-2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
+
+package httppb
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// starts and sits waiting for HTTP requests
+func StartHTTP(okHandler func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request), port int) error {
+	http.HandleFunc("/", okHandler)
+
+	p := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port)
+	log.Println("Running on port", p)
+
+	err := http.ListenAndServe(p, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error starting server:", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}