Running a Web Server on iOS with Vapor

With Vapor, your iOS app can be both the client and the server to control your data — or even other devices. This tutorial will show you how to get started with client-server communication in the same process. By Beau Nouvelle.

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Where to Go From Here?

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This tutorial is only the beginning of what's possible when you combine frontend and backend systems into the same project. Consider how this could be used for multiplayer games or streaming video content without having it go through a third-party service.

Some other ideas to get your inspiration flowing:

  • Restrict who can access your server by creating a web login/password screen.
  • Create a permission system so that only users who upload files can view them.
  • Add a feature that lets users on the iOS side add files to the server.

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