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Created January 25, 2011 03:06
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Turn any ruby Object into a web application!
require 'rack'
class Object
def to_webapp
def self.call(env)
func, *attrs = env['PATH_INFO'].split('/').reject(&:empty?)
[200, {}, send(func || :inspect, *attrs)]
end
self
end
end
Rack::Handler::WEBrick.run [].to_webapp, :Port => 9292
# ^^^^^^^^^^^
# | (x)
# ROFLSCALE DB ---/
#
# http://localhost:9292/push/1 -> 1
# http://localhost:9292/push/2 -> 12
# http://localhost:9292/push/3 -> 123
# http://localhost:9292/to_a -> 123
# http://localhost:9292/pop -> 3
# http://localhost:9292/shift -> 1
# Implementations in other languages (thanks guys!):
# Node.js: https://gist.github.com/700995
# Groovy: https://gist.github.com/702337
# Python: https://gist.github.com/702001
# Perl w/ plack: https://gist.github.com/703620
# Perl w/ continuity: https://gist.github.com/703651
# Io: https://gist.github.com/703431
# Great explanation of how this works in Ruby on Stackoverflow:
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4198883/exposing-any-ruby-object-over-the-web
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