Fix for 1028 - allow API to bind to any address

sdrbase/mainparser.cpp

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ MainParser::MainParser() :
     m_serverAddressOption(QStringList() << "a" << "api-address",
         "Web API server address.",
         "address",
-        "127.0.0.1"),
+        ""),
     m_serverPortOption(QStringList() << "p" << "api-port",
         "Web API server port.",
         "port",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ MainParser::MainParser() :
         "file",
         "")
 {
-    m_serverAddress = "127.0.0.1";
+    m_serverAddress = "";   // Bind to any address
     m_serverPort = 8091;
     m_mimoSupport = false;
     m_fftwfWindowFileName = "";
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ void MainParser::parse(const QCoreApplication& app)
     // server address
 
     QString serverAddress = m_parser.value(m_serverAddressOption);
-
+    if (!serverAddress.isEmpty())
+    {
         QString ipRange = "(?:[0-1]?[0-9]?[0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])";
         QRegExp ipRegex ("^" + ipRange
                          + "\\." + ipRange
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ void MainParser::parse(const QCoreApplication& app)
         if (ipValidator.validate(serverAddress, pos) == QValidator::Acceptable) {
             m_serverAddress = serverAddress;
         } else {
-        qWarning() << "MainParser::parse: server address invalid. Defaulting to " << m_serverAddress;
+            qWarning() << "MainParser::parse: server address invalid. Defaulting to any address.";
+        }
     }
 
     // server port

sdrgui/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -2191,7 +2191,7 @@ void MainWindow::deleteFeature(int featureSetIndex, int featureIndex)
 
 void MainWindow::on_action_About_triggered()
 {
-	AboutDialog dlg(m_apiHost, m_apiPort, m_mainCore->m_settings, this);
+	AboutDialog dlg(m_apiHost.isEmpty() ? "127.0.0.1" : m_apiHost, m_apiPort, m_mainCore->m_settings, this);
 	dlg.exec();
 }