itsnikka/htmlhouse

Publish HTML quickly.

HTMLhouse

Publish HTML quickly.

HTMLhouse uses ACE editor for modifying HTML and shows a live preview of what you've created in an iframe alongside the source code.

No user signup is required -- authorization to modify an individual published page is saved on the creator's device in local storage as an ID and JWT generated by the server.

It is also available as a Chrome extension and browsable on Android.

Development

Requirements

• Go
• Node.js
• MySQL

Setup

1. Clone the repo
2. Run go get -d to get necessary dependencies
3. Run make install to install LESS compiler locally and generate the CSS files
4. Run the queries in init.sql to set up the database
5. Optional. Run ./keys.sh prod to create a new keypair

Running the server

• Run go run main/main.go in the top level directory, optionally by creating a simple run script

#!/bin/bash

DB_USER=dbuser DB_PASSWORD=pass DB_DB=htmlhouse PRIVATE_KEY=keys/dev PUBLIC_KEY=keys/dev.pub go run main/main.go

• Open your browser to http://localhost:8080

Environment Variables

Variable	What it is	Default value
DB_USER	Database user	None. Required
DB_PASSWORD	Database password	None. Required
DB_DB	Database name	None. Required
DB_HOST	Database host	localhost
PRIVATE_KEY	Generated private key	None. Required
PUBLIC_KEY	Generated public key	None. Required
PORT	Port to run app on	8080
STATIC_DIR	Relative dir where static files are stored	static
AUTO_APPROVE	Automatically approves public posts	false
TWITTER_KEY	Twitter consumer key	notreal
TWITTER_SECRET	Twitter consumer secret	notreal
TWITTER_TOKEN	Twitter access token of the posting Twitter account	notreal
TWITTER_TOKEN_SECRET	Twitter access token secret of the posting Twitter account	notreal

Notes

Changing CSS. Run make after all changes to update the stylesheets.

When you don't need to reload the app. When you make changes to any files in static/ you can simply refresh the resource without restarting the app.

When to reload the app. If you change any of the templates in templates/ or any .go file, you'll need to re-run the app.