FlushServ is a Sinatra-powered web service which exposes the wonders of toilet to the world.
FlushServ requries that version 0.1 or higher of toilet be available. Your package manager probably has a copy ready to go. You'll also need Sinatra and Haml.
You may tell FlushServ where to find toilet and its list of fonts using the TOILET_PATH and TOILET_FONTS_PATH environment variables.
Start the service using ruby flushserv.rb or your preferred Sinatra deployment option.
Send a GET or POST request to FlushServ with a message parameter:
$ curl 'http://localhost:4567/?message=Hello%20world!'
m m ""# ""# ""# # m
# # mmm # # mmm m m mmm m mm # mmm# #
#mmmm# #" # # # #" "# "m m m" #" "# #" " # #" "# #
# # #"""" # # # # #m#m# # # # # # # "
# # "#mm" "mm "mm "#m#" # # "#m#" # "mm "#m## #
You may also use many standard toilet command-line options, e.g.
$ curl 'http://localhost:4567/?message=Honk!&f=mono9'
▄ ▄ █ ▄
█ █ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄ █ ▄ █
█▄▄▄▄█ █▀ ▀█ █▀ █ █ ▄▀ █
█ █ █ █ █ █ █▀█ ▀
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The allowed switches are, in no particular order: f, font, s, S, k, W, o, w, width, F, filter, gay, metal, E, export, irc and html. See the toilet man page for details.
For a list of available fonts, visit http://localhost:4567/fonts. These fonts may be used with the f or font options.
FlushServ was created by Ross Paffett, but would not be possible without the work of the creator of toilet, Sam Hocevar.
Copyright © 2010 Ross Paffett.
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