An autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) is operated using a human-machine interface (HMI). The web server provides the HMI to a computing device in response to an input received from the computing device. An ADV command is entered into the HMI and passed to an interface of the web server. In response to receiving the ADV command, the web server calls a remote procedure call to a proxy server in a backend server for processing by a perception and control module of the ADV. Results of the ADV command are received by the web server interface and stored in results memory with a unique identifier. The web server interface opens a socket that accesses the results memory. If the results memory changes, the socket reads the results memory and provides the ADV command results to the HMI. Multiple HMIs can simultaneously communicate with the web server interface and socket.