man1/dasht-server-http.1

DASHT-SERVER-HTTP 1 2020-05-16 2.4.0

NAME

dasht-server-http - simple search engine that powers dasht-server(1)

SYNOPSIS

dasht-server-http

Examples

printf 'GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n' | dasht-server-http
Shows topics (A-Z) from each installed Dash docset.
printf 'GET /?docsets=DOCSETS HTTP/1.1\r\n' | dasht-server-http
Shows topics (A-Z) from installed Dash docsets matching DOCSETS.
printf 'GET /?query=PATTERN HTTP/1.1\r\n' | dasht-server-http
Searches for PATTERN in all installed Dash docsets.
printf 'GET /?query=PATTERN&docsets=DOCSETS HTTP/1.1\r\n' | dasht-server-http
Searches for PATTERN in installed Dash docsets matching DOCSETS.

DESCRIPTION

Reads a single HTTP request from stdin and writes a HTTP response to stdout. Any query=PATTERN and docsets=DOCSETS parameters in the request URL are passed to dasht-query-html(1) as its PATTERN and DOCSETS arguments.

ENVIRONMENT

DASHT_DOCSETS_DIR
Defines the filesystem location where your Dash docsets are installed. If undefined, its value is assumed to be $XDG_DATA_HOME/dasht/docsets/ or, if XDG_DATA_HOME is undefined, $HOME/.local/share/dasht/docsets/.

SEE ALSO

dasht-query-html(1), dasht-server(1), dasht-docsets(1), dasht(1), Dash

AUTHOR

Written in 2016 by Suraj N. Kurapati https://github.com/sunaku/dasht Distributed under the terms of the ISC license (refer to README file).