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Start your cloud computer from Paperspace (http://www.paperspace.com/) using a regular web browser (e.g. on a Fire TV stick). Just upload this to your server or webspace and then call it from your desired browser. You need to add the machine id and the api-key to the URL (e.g. startPaperspace.html?machine=ab1c2n345&key=1234567890). Save this to …
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startPaperspace.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Start Paperspace machine</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<style>
body {
background-color: black;
}
#main {
color: white;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 3em;
text-align: center;
padding: 200px 0;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
"use strict";
// Source: https://css-tricks.com/snippets/javascript/get-url-variables/
function getQueryVariable(variable)
{
var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
var vars = query.split("&");
for (var i=0;i<vars.length;i++) {
var pair = vars[i].split("=");
if(pair[0] == variable){return pair[1];}
}
return(false);
}
function sendPaperspaceStart(machineId, apiKey)
{
var response = "";
if (machineId && apiKey)
{
var url = 'https://api.paperspace.io/machines/' + machineId + '/start';
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("POST", url, true);
xhr.setRequestHeader("x-api-key", apiKey);
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(xhr.readyState == XMLHttpRequest.DONE && xhr.status == 204) {
response = '✅ - Machine ' + machineId + ' was successfully started.';
}
else
{
response = '❌ - Machine ' + machineId + ' could not be started.';
}
document.getElementById('main').innerHTML = response;
}
xhr.send();
}
else
{
response = 'URL parameters not correct';
document.getElementById('main').innerHTML = response;
}
}
function onLoadHandler()
{
var machineId = getQueryVariable('machine');
var apiKey = getQueryVariable('key');
sendPaperspaceStart(machineId, apiKey);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="onLoadHandler()">
<div id="main">Trying to start Paperspace machine...</div>
</body>
</html>
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