DASHT-SERVER-HTTP(1)

📦 version 2.4.0, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to DASHT-SERVER-HTTP(1) — the General Commands Manual page for dasht-server-http. it’s the simple search engine that powers dasht-server(1), and it’s lowkey iconic. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dasht-server-http

🎀 Examples 🎀

Example 1 — all the topics, bestie ✨

printf 'GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n' | dasht-server-http

Shows topics (A-Z) from each installed Dash (https://kapeli.com/dash) docset. 🦋

Example 2 — filter those docsets 🎀

printf 'GET /?docsets=DOCSETS HTTP/1.1\r\n' | dasht-server-http

Shows topics (A-Z) from installed Dash (https://kapeli.com/dash) docsets matching DOCSETS. 💖

Example 3 — search mode activated 🔥

printf 'GET /?query=PATTERN HTTP/1.1\r\n' | dasht-server-http

Searches for PATTERN in all installed Dash (https://kapeli.com/dash) docsets. 👑

Example 4 — search AND filter, the combo meal 🍓

printf 'GET /?query=PATTERN&docsets=DOCSETS HTTP/1.1\r\n' |
dasht-server-http

Searches for PATTERN in installed Dash (https://kapeli.com/dash) docsets matching DOCSETS. 💜

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

dasht-server-http reads a single HTTP request from stdin and writes a HTTP response to stdout. literally one request in, one response out, no extra drama. 🫶

Any query=PATTERN and docsets=DOCSETS parameters in the request URL get passed to dasht-query-html(1) as its PATTERN and DOCSETS arguments. iykyk. ✨

🦋 ENVIRONMENT 🦋

  • DASHT_DOCSETS_DIR — defines the filesystem location where your Dash (https://kapeli.com/dash) docsets are installed. If it’s undefined, its value is assumed to be $XDG_DATA_HOME/dasht/docsets/ or, if XDG_DATA_HOME is undefined, $HOME/.local/share/dasht/docsets/. no cap, that’s the fallback chain. 💅

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

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

okay that’s the whole page, bestie 💖 it’s DASHT-SERVER-HTTP(1), version 2.4.0, dated 2020-05-16. now go forth and slay ✨🫶💅

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