chetbox/ghoulio-server repository overview

⁠Ghoulio Server

A docker image with a web service to automate interaction with web pages. Uses Gecko-based SlimerJS⁠ under the hood.

See chetbox/ghoulio⁠ for the standalone version.

⁠Usage

$ docker run chetbox/ghoulio-server -e PORT=8000

Then send a POST to http://localhost:8000/open with a url and a script to run, and an optional callback URL. e.g.

# Print Google search results
$ docker run -e PORT=8000 -p 8000:8000 chetbox/ghoulio-server
$ curl --data "url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dboo&script=Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('h3.r'))%0A.forEach(function(a)%20%7B%0A%20%20console.log(a.textContent)%3B%0A%7D)%3B%0Aresolve()%3B" http://localhost:8000/open

See chetbox/ghoulio⁠ for more scripting information.

⁠Environment variables

• PORT - The port to run the web server on.
• GHOULIO_PAGE_TIMEOUT - The number of milliseconds before closing the page.
• GHOULIO_PATH - Path to ghoulio.js
• SLIMERJS_PATH - Path to slimerjs executable
• GHOULIO_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE - Maximum number of jobs to queue before blocking requests
• GHOULIO_WORKERS - Maximum number of parallel jobs

⁠License

Distributed under the MIT License.