Přemysl Janouch
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We don't depend on any proprietary services no longer. I'll have to make my own replacements with blackjack and hookers. Until then, the file stays in the commit log as an example.
json-rpc-shell
json-rpc-shell is a simple shell for running JSON-RPC 2.0 queries.
This software has been created as a replacement for the following shell, which is written in Java: http://software.dzhuvinov.com/json-rpc-2.0-shell.html
Features
In addition to most of the features provided by Vladimir Dzhuvinov’s shell you get the following niceties:
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configurable JSON syntax highlight, which with prettyprinting turned on helps you make sense of the results significantly
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ability to pipe output through a shell command, so that you can view the results in your favourite editor or redirect them to a file
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ability to edit the input line in your favourite editor as well with Alt+E
Supported transports
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HTTP
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HTTPS
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WebSocket
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WebSocket over TLS
WebSockets
The JSON-RPC 2.0 spec doesn’t say almost anything about underlying transports. The way it’s implemented here is that every request is sent as a single text message. If it has an "id" field, i.e. it’s not just a notification, the client waits for a message from the server in response.
There’s no support so far for any protocol extensions, nor for specifying the higher-level protocol (the "Sec-Ws-Protocol" HTTP field).
Packages
Regular releases are sporadic. git master should be stable enough. You can get a package with the latest development version from Archlinux’s AUR.
Building and Usage
Build dependencies: CMake, pkg-config, help2man,
liberty (included), http-parser (included)
Runtime dependencies: libev, Jansson, cURL, openssl,
readline or libedit >= 2013-07-12,
$ git clone --recursive https://git.janouch.name/p/json-rpc-shell.git $ mkdir json-rpc-shell/build $ cd json-rpc-shell/build $ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug $ make
To install the application, you can do either the usual:
# make install
Or you can try telling CMake to make a package for you. For Debian it is:
$ cpack -G DEB # dpkg -i json-rpc-shell-*.deb
Note that for versions of CMake before 2.8.9, you need to prefix cpack with
fakeroot or file ownership will end up wrong.
Run the program with --help to obtain usage information.
Contributing and Support
Use https://git.janouch.name/p/json-rpc-shell to report bugs, request features,
or submit pull requests. git send-email is tolerated. If you want to discuss
the project, feel free to join me at ircs://irc.janouch.name, channel #dev.
Bitcoin donations are accepted at: 12r5uEWEgcHC46xd64tt3hHt9EUvYYDHe9
License
This software is released under the terms of the 0BSD license, the text of which is included within the package along with the list of authors.