diff --git a/scripts/http/webcommands/minetest_webcommands.js b/scripts/http/webcommands/minetest_webcommands.js
index a574490..600a8e7 100644
--- a/scripts/http/webcommands/minetest_webcommands.js
+++ b/scripts/http/webcommands/minetest_webcommands.js
@@ -1,31 +1,68 @@
-// listen to web request and pass it to minetest, rnd 2018
+// listen to web request and pass it to minetest or back to web, rnd 2018
+
+// INSTRUCTIONS. url options:
+// 1./mtmsg/msg will store msg as message received from minetest ( minetest_message). note that msg cant contain spaces or newlines
+// 2./getwebmsg/ will reply = IP + ' ' + webmessage
+// 3./webmsg/msg will store message as webmessage
+// 4./getmtmsg will reply with minetest_message
+
+
+// NOTES: 1. avoids the need to deal with POST nastyness and complications like 
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4295782/how-do-you-extract-post-data-in-node-js
 
 const http = require('http');
 
+
 const hostname = '192.168.0.10' //write address of your router (it will be accessible from internet then if you open firewall for nodejs process)
 const port = 80;
 
-var webreq = ""
+var webreq = "" // message from web
+var mtreq = ""  // message from mt
 
 // take request from web and pass it to minetest 
 const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
 	res.statusCode = 200;
 	res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
 
-	if (req.url == '/favicon.ico') return // prevent passing this as request
-
-	var pos = (req.url).indexOf("/MT"); 
-	if (pos >=0) { // did request come from minetest? then answer with latest request
-		res.write(webreq);webreq = "";res.end();return
-	}
-
-	//process web request and store it
+	var msg = req.url;
+	if (msg == '/favicon.ico') return // prevent passing this as request
+	
+	
+	var pos = msg.indexOf("/",1);  // gets the 2nd / in /part1/part2/...
+	var cmd = msg.substring(1,pos);
+	var response = ""
 	var ip = req.connection.remoteAddress;
-	webreq = ip + ' ' + req.url
-	res.write('request received: ' + webreq);res.end(); // acknowledge request
+	
+	switch(cmd)
+	{
+		case "mtmsg":
+			response = msg.substring(pos+1);
+			mtreq = response
+			break
+		case "getmtmsg":
+			response = mtreq; mtreq = ''
+			break
+		case "getwebmsg":
+			response = webreq; webreq = ''
+			break
+		case "webmsg":
+			webreq = ip + ' ' + msg.substring(pos+1);
+			response = 'request received: ' + webreq + '\nuse /getmtmsg to view response from minetest'
+			break
+		default:
+			response = 'INSTRUCTIONS. url options:\n'+
+				'1./mtmsg/msg will store msg as message received from minetest ( minetest_message). note that msg cant contain spaces or newlines\n'+
+				'2./getwebmsg/ will reply = IP + " " + webmessage\n'+
+				'3./webmsg/msg will store message as webmessage\n'+
+				'4./getmtmsg will reply with minetest_message\n'
+	}
+	
+	if (msg!='' && cmd != 'getwebmsg') console.log('ip ' + ip + ', msg ' + msg)
+	res.write(response); res.end()
 	return
 });
 
+// make server listen
 server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
   console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
 });
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diff --git a/scripts/http/webcommands/webcommands.lua b/scripts/http/webcommands/webcommands.lua
index 9676f2c..fe067ad 100644
--- a/scripts/http/webcommands/webcommands.lua
+++ b/scripts/http/webcommands/webcommands.lua
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 		https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.14.2/node-v10.14.2-win-x86.zip
 	2. run nodejs server using run.bat
 		:loop
-			node --inspect myprogs/minetest_webcommands.js
+			node $path/minetest_webcommands.js
 		goto loop
-	3. run robot and type 'http://192.168.0.10:80/hello this is a test' into browser
+	3. run robot and type 'http://192.168.0.10/webmsg/hello this is a test' into browser
 	(you need to write your router address here, i.e. ip accessible from  internet OR lan address)
 --]]
 
 if not fetch then
+	address = "192.168.0.10";
 	fetch = _G.basic_robot.http_api.fetch;
 	state = 0 -- ready to fetch new command
 -- WARNING: this is run outside pcall and can crash server if errors!
@@ -20,12 +21,39 @@ if not fetch then
 	  if not res.succeeded then self.label("#ERROR: data couldn't be downloaded :\n" .. minetest.serialize(res) ) return end
 	  if res.data == "" then return end
 	  local req = res.data; req = string.gsub(req,"%%20"," ")
-	  if res.data then self.label(os.clock() .. ' received cmd : ' .. req) end
+	  if res.data then 
+		self.label(os.date("%X") ..', cmd : ' .. req)
+		local i = string.find(req," !")
+		if i then
+			run_commmand(string.sub(req,i+2))
+		end
 	end
-
+	end
+	
+	admin = minetest.setting_get("name")
+	run_commmand = function(message)
+		local cmd, param = _G.string.match(message, "([^ ]+) *(.*)")
+			if not param then
+				param = ""
+			end
+			local cmd_def = minetest.chatcommands[cmd]
+			if cmd_def then
+				cmd_def.func(admin, param)
+			else
+				minetest.chat_send_all(admin..": "..message)
+		end
+	end
+	
+	MT2web = function(message)
+		message = string.gsub(message," ","%%20") -- NOTE: if you send request that has 'space' in it there will be error 400!
+		fetch({url = "http://".. address .. "/mtmsg/"..message, timeout = 5}, result) 
+	end
+	MT2web("minetest robot started and listening.")
 end
 
+
+
 if state == 0 then
-	fetch({url = "http://192.168.0.10/MT", timeout = 30}, result)
+	fetch({url = "http://"..address.."/getwebmsg/", timeout = 5}, result)
 	state = 1
 end
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