This is a simple HTTP-based interface for publishing text. Users POST whatever they want to publish using the w parameter. When the request finishes, a URL is returned — this is the publicly-accessible address to the post on the web.

echo "Hello world, by $USER" | curl -F 'w=<-' http://cmd.write.as

Usage:
  cmd [options]

Options:
  --debug
       Enables garrulous debug logging.
  -o   
       Directory where text files will be stored. If not supplied, will try to
       use database for storage (see Environment Variables).
  -s
       Directory where required static files exist (like the banner).
  -p
       Port to listen on.

Environment Variables:
  WA_USER
       Database user.
  WA_PASSWORD
       Database password.
  WA_HOST
       Database host. Default: localhost
  WA_DB
       Database name.

The default configuration (without any flags) is essentially the following line. You'll need to supply the -o flag or database env variables to store posts.

cmd -s ./static -p 8080

The user's input is simply written to a flat file in a given directory. To provide web access, a web server (sold separately) serves all files in this directory as plain/text. That's it!

This project is licensed under the MIT open source license.