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github.com/calebtech/word-cloud-generator
It's a golang web app that takes a block of text and turns it into a word cloud.
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export GOPATH="${HOME}/go"
export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin
go get github.com/tools/godep
go get github.com/smartystreets/goconvey
go get github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice/rice
We use git hooks to standardize development on the project. Please run make git-hooks
to get started.
This will pull down dependencies, run unit tests, and compile a linux, mac and windows binary into ./artifacts.
make
You can build and install a copy in your local $GOPATH/bin directory with:
make install
make clean
make test
make goconvey
make rice
make run
or just run the executable. It will run as a daemon and bind to port 8888, and you can see it by going to http://localhost:8888 in your browser.
$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"text":"ths is a really really really important thing this is"}' http://localhost:8888/api
Use this setup
aws_access_key_id = AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE aws_secret_access_key = wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
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