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diff --git a/examples/rest_pastebin/README.md b/examples/rest_pastebin/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index a3941f1..0000000 --- a/examples/rest_pastebin/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ -REST pastebin example -===================== - -To try this example, you need GNU `make` and `git` in your PATH. - -To build the example, run the following command: - -``` bash -$ make -``` - -To start the release in the foreground: - -``` bash -$ ./_rel/rest_pastebin_example/bin/rest_pastebin_example console -``` - -Then point your browser at [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080). - -Usage ------ - -To upload something to the paste application, you can use `curl`: - -``` bash -$ <command> | curl -i --data-urlencode paste@- localhost:8080 -``` - -Or, to upload the file `my_file`: - -``` bash -curl -i --data-urlencode paste@my_file localhost:8080 -``` - -The URL of your data will be in the location header. Alternately, you can visit -http://localhost:8080 with your favorite web browser and submit your paste via -the form. - -Code that has been pasted can be highlighted with ?lang=<language> option if -you have [highlight](http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/highlight.html) -installed (although `pygments` or any other should work just fine). - -This will show the contents of the HTML file: - -``` bash -curl -i --data-urlencode paste@priv/index.html localhost:8080 -curl <url from location header> -``` - -If your terminal supports color sequences and `highlight` is installed, -the following command will show the same contents but with HTML syntax -highlighting. - -``` bash -curl <url from location header>?lang=html -``` - -If you open the same URL in your web browser and your web browser tells -Cowboy that it prefers HTML files, you will see the file highlighted -with special HTML markup and CSS. Firefox is known to work. |