lilliput

Jabong's Url Shortener

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HOW TO INSTALL GOLANG

Download the archive from here
Go to the folder containing downloaded file using terminal
Extract the file into /usr/local,creating a go tree in /usr/local/go by typing
```
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go$VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz
```
For example if you are installing Go version 1.2.1 for 64-bit x86 on Linux.
```
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.2.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
```
Add environment variables in .bashrc file

Go to $HOME direcitory by typing
```
cd
```
Open .bashrc file
```
vi .bashrc
```

Place these lines in the end of the file(.bashrc)

export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/lilliput
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

Save and exit the file. Press "Esc" and then :wq
Source the .bashrc file
```
source .bashrc 
```

Test your installation by typing
```
go version
```

HOW TO INSTALL LILLIPUT

Fork the repository by clicking the "Fork" button in the GitHub.com repository(apiary).

Clone your forked repo in $HOME

git clone https://github.com/jabong/lilliput

Crete branches to build new features and test out ideas

git branch "branchname"
git checkout "branchname"

Alternatvely we can use

git checkout -b "branchname"

Deploy dependencies. Go to the directory $HOME/lilliput and type

make depends

To build apiary executable file type

make build

Configuration:

Copy config.ini to dev.ini and change values as per your environment

	
			[lilliput]
			// port number on which lilliput will be running
			port = 8989 
			// domain name which will be prepend in tinyurl
			domain = "http://jbo.ng/"
			[redis]
			server = "127.0.0.1"
			port = "6379"
			dbname = 0

Documents

Sample Usage

	
		shell> curl --data "url=http://google.com" http://jbo.ng/

Output

	{
	  "url": "http://jbo.ng/vmePlru",
	  "err": false,
	  "message": ""
	}