Client application with embedded server

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• stored instructions for integrating applications executing on a user device, the applications including a web client and a desktop client both of a backend system operating in an enterprise computing environment and a browser application executing on the user device, the web client running in the browser application, the stored instructions when translated by the processor cause the desktop client to perform:
• receiving a request for passive content from the web client over an unsecured connection, the request for passive content being non-executable and specifying an address on the user device designated for accessing a web server component of the desktop client;
• returning an image object to the web client over the unsecured connection responsive to the request for passive content from the web client;
• receiving, responsive to returning of the image object, a file download request from the web client, the file download request including an identifier and an authorization;
• downloading the file from the backend system utilizing the identifier and the authorization;
• receiving, from the web client, a request for download progress of the file;
• and
• returning, to the web client, an image representative of a progress of the file being downloaded from the backend system.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for integrating applications executing on a user device, the applications including a web client and a desktop client both of a backend system operating in an enterprise computing environment and a browser application executing on the user device, the web client running in the browser application, the instructions when translated by a processor cause the desktop client to perform:

• receiving a request for passive content from the web client over an unsecured connection, the request for passive content being non-executable and specifying an address on the user device designated for accessing a web server component of the desktop client;
• returning an image object to the web client over the unsecured connection responsive to the request for passive content from the web client;
• receiving, responsive to returning of the image object, a file download request from the web client, the file download request including an identifier and an authorization;
• downloading the file from the backend system utilizing the identifier and the authorization;
• receiving, from the web client, a request for download progress of the file;
• and
• returning, to the web client, an image representative of a progress of the file being downloaded from the backend system.