http-request-echo

description

A simple crystal-lang app to echo / inspect HTTP requests

Inspired by https://httpbin.org/anything

local

crystal http-request-echo.cr

or

DEBUG=true crystal http-request-echo.cr

requires

• crystal : https://crystal-lang.org

hot-reload

watches for changes in the first matched .cr file and reloads it as soon as it gets updated

sh hot-reload.sh

requires

• entr : http://eradman.com/entrproject

update dependencies

shards install

build binary

shards build

run binary

bin/http-request-echo

mockup-http-requests

Generate configurable mockup HTTP requests w/ random query_params & payload

sh mockup-http-requests.sh

requires

• jq : https://stedolan.github.io/jq
• /usr/share/dict/words
• https://random-data-api.com

tunnel

this is useful for using locally running code (or compiled binary) as a webhook receiver for instance

ngrok http 8080

or

ngrok http --log stdout --log-format json --region eu 8080  | jq -r '.url? | select( . | contains( "https://" )? )?'

requires

• ngrok : https://ngrok.com
• jq : https://stedolan.github.io/jq

heroku

https://http-request-echo.herokuapp.com

reference

reference docs & online playgrounds

• bash : https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html
• crystal-lang : https://play.crystal-lang.org
• heroku : https://github.com/crystal-lang/heroku-buildpack-crystal
• jq : https://jqplay.org