function send_messages(res)
	for message in string.gmatch(res["data"], "[^\n]+") do
		minetest.chat_send_all(message)
	end
end

function main(http_api)
	port = minetest.settings:get("chat_server_port")
	if port == nil then
		port = "9876"
	end
	http_api.fetch({url = "http://localhost:" .. port .. "/get"}, send_messages)
	minetest.after(0.5, main, http_api)
end

local http_api = minetest.request_http_api()
main(http_api)