curl bbs

bbs.js

var http = require('http');
var buf0 = new Buffer([0]);

var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    res.setHeader('content-type', 'multipart/octet-stream');
    res.write('Welcome to the Fun House\r\n');
    res.write('> ');
    
    req.on('data', function (buf) {
        res.write(buf);
        res.write('> ');
    });
    
    req.on('end', function () {
        res.end();
    });
    
    console.log(req.headers['user-agent']);
    var iv = setInterval(function () {
        res.write(buf0);
    }, 100);
    
    res.connection.on('end', function () {
        clearInterval(iv);
    });
});
server.listen(8000);

output

substack : http-bbs $ curl -sSNT. localhost:8000
Welcome to the Fun House
> beep
beep
> boop
boop
> ^C
substack : http-bbs $ 

I'm surprised I hadn't seen this before. Pretty awesome!

Very, very cool. Though it seems like there's no way to terminate the connection from the server-side. I mean, you can kill it, but the curl command stays open, waiting for user input.

Not a huge deal but I can see why more people haven't tried messing around with this stuff (and/or just use telnet :p ).

Sweet stuff @substack!