lilliput

Jabong's Url Shortener

HOW TO INSTALL GOLANG

1. Download the archive from here
2. Go to the folder containing downloaded file using terminal
3. 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

4. Add environment variables in .bashrc file
1. Go to $HOME direcitory by typing

   cd

2. Open .bashrc file

   vi .bashrc

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3. 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

4. Save and exit the file. Press "Esc" and then :wq
5. Source the .bashrc file

   source .bashrc 

5. 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

• GoWalker
• GoDoc

Sample Usage

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

Output

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