checking if connected to deamon fixed

src/page.h

@@ -61,15 +61,14 @@ namespace xmreg {
         string
         index(uint64_t page_no = 0, bool refresh_page = false)
         {
+            // connect to the deamon if not yet connected
+            bool is_connected = rpc.connect_to_monero_deamon();
 
-//            bool is_connected = rpc.check_connection();
+            if (!is_connected)
-//
+            {
-//            cout << "check connection: " << is_connected << endl;
+                cerr << "Connection to the Monero demon does not exist or was lost!" << endl;
-//
+                return "Connection to the Monero demon does not exist or was lost!";
-//            if (!is_connected)
+            }
-//            {
-//                return "Connection to the Monero demon does not exist or was lost!";
-//            }
 
             //get current server timestamp
             server_timestamp = std::time(nullptr);
@@ -112,9 +111,6 @@ namespace xmreg {
             end_height   = end_height - start_height > no_of_last_blocks
                            ? no_of_last_blocks : end_height;
 
-            cout << start_height << ", " << end_height << endl;
-
-
             // iterate over last no_of_last_blocks of blocks
             for (uint64_t i = start_height; i <= end_height; ++i)
             {

src/rpccalls.h

@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 // Created by mwo on 13/04/16.
 //
 
+
 #ifndef CROWXMR_RPCCALLS_H
 #define CROWXMR_RPCCALLS_H
 
 #include "monero_headers.h"
 
+#include <mutex>
+
 namespace xmreg
 {
 
@@ -15,26 +18,23 @@ namespace xmreg
     using namespace std;
 
 
-    using request = cryptonote::COMMAND_RPC_GET_TRANSACTION_POOL::request;
-    using response = cryptonote::COMMAND_RPC_GET_TRANSACTION_POOL::response;
-    using http_simple_client = epee::net_utils::http::http_simple_client;
-
-
     class rpccalls
     {
-        string deamon_url {"http:://127.0.0.1:18081"};
+        string deamon_url ;
-        uint64_t timeout_time {200000};
+        uint64_t timeout_time;
 
         epee::net_utils::http::url_content url;
 
-        http_simple_client m_http_client;
+        epee::net_utils::http::http_simple_client m_http_client;
-        boost::mutex m_daemon_rpc_mutex;
+        std::mutex m_daemon_rpc_mutex;
 
         string port;
 
     public:
 
-        rpccalls()
+        rpccalls(string _deamon_url = "http:://127.0.0.1:18081",
+                 uint64_t _timeout = 200000)
+        : deamon_url {_deamon_url}, timeout_time {_timeout}
         {
             epee::net_utils::parse_url(deamon_url, url);
 
@@ -42,9 +42,14 @@ namespace xmreg
         }
 
         bool
-        check_connection()
+        connect_to_monero_deamon()
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_daemon_rpc_mutex);
+
+            if(m_http_client.is_connected())
             {
-            m_daemon_rpc_mutex.lock();
+                return true;
+            }
 
             return m_http_client.connect(url.host,
                                          port,
@@ -57,14 +62,12 @@ namespace xmreg
             COMMAND_RPC_GET_HEIGHT::request   req;
             COMMAND_RPC_GET_HEIGHT::response  res;
 
-            m_daemon_rpc_mutex.lock();
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_daemon_rpc_mutex);
 
             bool r = epee::net_utils::invoke_http_json_remote_command2(
                     deamon_url + "/getheight",
                     req, res, m_http_client, timeout_time);
 
-            m_daemon_rpc_mutex.unlock();
-
             if (!r)
             {
                 cerr << "Error connecting to Monero deamon at "
@@ -85,14 +88,12 @@ namespace xmreg
             COMMAND_RPC_GET_TRANSACTION_POOL::request  req;
             COMMAND_RPC_GET_TRANSACTION_POOL::response res;
 
-            m_daemon_rpc_mutex.lock();
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_daemon_rpc_mutex);
 
             bool r = epee::net_utils::invoke_http_json_remote_command2(
                     deamon_url + "/get_transaction_pool",
                     req, res, m_http_client, timeout_time);
 
-            m_daemon_rpc_mutex.unlock();
-
             if (!r)
             {
                 cerr << "Error connecting to Monero deamon at "