Toy fortune server

fort.go

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"os/exec"
)

func fortune() []byte {
  //Expects the fortune command in $PATH
	cmd := exec.Command("fortune")
	var out bytes.Buffer
	cmd.Stdout = &out
	err := cmd.Run()
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf(err.Error())
		return []byte("THE SERVER IS HAVING A BAD DAY!")
	}
	return out.Bytes()
	//fmt.Printf("%s", out.String())
}

func main() {
	http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		w.Write(fortune())
	})
	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
}