curlable

A simple wrapper to turn stateless command-line utilities into HTTP endpoints.

Example

TL;DR:

$ ./curlable.js -c 'bc -l'                                          # In one terminal.
$ curl -d '2 ^ 10' localhost:8000 && curl -x DELETE localhost:8000  # In another terminal.

You should see:

$ ./curlable.js -c 'bc -l'
Making `bc -l` curlable at http://localhost:8000/
Spawned `/bin/bash` with `bc -l`, PID 12266
Service started.
UGKE-ECRX	-	2 ^ 10
UGKE-ECRX	1ms	1024
DELETE request received. Stopping the external service.
External service stopped.
Quitting the binary due to an extenal DELETE request.

$ curl -d '2 ^ 10' localhost:8000 && curl -X DELETE localhost:8000
1024
Terminating.

Usage

The supported command line parameters are:

1. -c: The external command to curl-ify.
2. -p: The port to spawn the tool on, defaults to 8000.
3. -r: The route to listen on, defaults to /.

Running the Tests

$ npm install
$ npm test  # or `make`