Script for Windows users

[davsclaus]

Any windows users out there whom want to contribute.

We are looking for a windows version of this script
https://github.com/camelinaction/camelinaction2/blob/master/chapter7/prototype2/rules2-springboot-hystrixdashboard/hitme.sh

as a hitme.bat file that does the same

[kevinearls]

I can do this. Can we assume people have curl from cygwin, should we tell them to install that or get curl from https://curl.haxx.se/download.html, or should I use the powershell equivalent?

[davsclaus]

Oh I was thinking a regular bat script? Isnt it possible to do a loop in a batch script?

[kevinearls]

Right. I'll do a bit more research, but so far what I've found says that the best way to do a while loop in a bat script is by using a goto. So that part looks easy.

The hitme.sh script uses the curl command though, which is not on windows by default. So that's what I'm wondering how to replace.

[davsclaus]

Ah yeah not even sure if there is something as a http client on windows. We could also just tell people to open a web browser and hit refresh manually if they are on windows

[pedrojuk]

You can do it with Powershell. Here's a little file that you can save as hitme.ps1 that works:

# hitme.ps1
# replicates what hitme.sh does, but for Windows Powershell
# 
# Open a Powershell window, change to the directory where the script is
# and enter .\hitme.ps1
#
# Type ctrl-C to stop
#
while ($true)
{
  Start-Sleep -m 100
  Write-Host "`n"
#  Invoke-WebRequest "http://localhost:8181/api/rules/999" # full response
  (Invoke-WebRequest "http://localhost:8181/api/rules/999").Content # just the body
# (Invoke-WebRequest "http://localhost:8181/api/rules/999").Content | ConvertFrom-Json | ConvertTo-Json # body, pretty
}

Uncomment the version of the Invoke-WebRequest line you want. The one that's presently uncommented just returns the unformatted JSON response body.

[toindev]

@pedrojuk My vote goes to PowerShell as well, even if I do have curl installed, this is the most standard Windows way.