crater-service

A web service to generate package-management shell scripts using Crater Service, based on information in Crater DB

Interface

Service endpoints

All the below service endpoints accept GET requests:

1. list-sources generates a Bash script to determine the package sources (among the configured ones in the DB) available on the current system
2. search generates a Bash script to search for the specified package across the available known sources
3. list generates a Bash script to list the installed packages across the available known sources
4. install generates a Bash script to install the specified packages using the most appropriate option from among the available known sources
5. uninstall generates a Bash script to uninstall the specified packages from the system
6. update generates a Bash script to update all (or specified) packages using the appropriate available known sources

A few extra endpoints have been configured to generate the following shell scripts:

1. cli returns a Bash script to install the CLI
2. fetch returns a Bash script to install specified packages without installing the CLI.

Web portal

Hitting the URL in the browser displays basic information about the service endpoints (coming soon).

Running the service/website

The only major dependency is NPM, once cloned, the service/web-app can be started using an npm start.

More documentation coming soon...