Simple Server

This repo contains some very basic code to set up an HTTP server written in Elixir.

If you don't already have Elixir installed, please see the Elixir website for installation instructions...

Installation

• Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/wesdunn/simpleserver-elixir.git && cd $_

• Download and install dependencies

mix deps.get

• Start the server...

iex -S mix

• Send some requests to the server (use another terminal window for this...) Simple GET request

curl -v "http://localhost:8085/hello"

Simple POST request

curl -v -H 'Content-Type: application/json' "http://localhost:8085/post" -d '{"message": "hello world" }'

Ensure non-existant routes are handled properly

curl -v "http://localhost:8085/thisshouldbea404"