is a super simple Windows 10 IoT application (tested on Raspberry PI 3) to display a text on a screen using REST.
Using an url from any browser, you can show the text on the screen what you want.
The URI syntax is: http://[ip or machine-name]:8888/api/hint/[TimeInSec]/[HintText]
TimeInSec: For future use mainly. For now -1 = Black Screen (no text) and 1 or higher = show the text
HintText : is the textual string which must be displayed. Use "%0c" to force a newline (see example)
http://win10-pi3:8888/api/hint/1/Hint: Keep your eyes open when trying to solve the puzzle%0cGood Luck !
Response of the example (when successfull): {"TimeInSec":1,"HintText":"Hint: Keep your eyes open when trying to solve the puzzle\fGood Luck !"}
The application is created to show a hint (textual help) for an escape room. The project also contains a test program (Windows 10 UWP applicatie). Program is developed with Visual Studio 2015 with C#.
NOTE: The REST communication is based on: tomkuijsten\restup : Webserver for universal windows platform (UWP) apps which can be found here: https://github.com/tomkuijsten/restup