COWWEB2

Cowsay Web API version 2. This simple micro API server is powered by Helidon.

$ curl "http://localhost:8080/cowsay/say?say=Hello%20cowweb"
 ______________
< Hello cowweb >
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        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||--WWW |
                ||     ||

How to build and run

Docker

Build a docker image and run localy.

Install Docker

You need a environment docker is installed. See the official documentation.

Clone this repository.

git clone https://github.com/hhiroshell/cowweb2.git && cd cowweb2

Build and run.

docker build -t cowweb .

[Optional]: You can specify another docker file Dockerfile_native. By this, cowweb will be build as a GraalVM Native Image running inside the docker container.

docker build -t cowweb -f Dockerfile_native .

And then run the container publishing the container’s 8080 port to the host.

docker run -p 80:8080 cowweb

Call the API.

You can call the API via localhost:80 .

curl "http://localhost/cowsay/say"

And you can specify a message using say query (special characters have to be URL encorded).

curl "http://localhost/cowsay/say?say=hello%20cowweb"