Plook

Package lookup service for Bower.

Usage

Plook is a HTTP server that does package and version lookup in the Bower registry and, if the file is hosted in GitHub, it will print the contents of that file with the right mime type.

The requests format is the following:

http://<plook-server>/<package>/<version>/<file-path>

where:

• <plook-server> is the address of a running Plook server;
• <package> is the name of a package registered in the Bower registry, like jquery or angular. The package name must be URL encoded if it contains special chars (like /).
• <version> is the targeted package version, like 1.0.0 or v2.1.0. The v prefix will be ignored.
• <file-path> is the path to the file you want to print, like foobar.css or foobar/baz/qux.js.

We have an online server running in http://plook.injoin.io so that you can use it freely with the main Bower registry.

Running and testing Plook

Plook requires only that Node.js and NPM are installed on your system.
Please ensure you have them before continuing on this tutorial.

1. Clone this repository on your computer:

   $ git clone https://github.com/injoin/plook.git

2. Next, move into the cloned repository and install NPM dependencies:

   $ cd plook
   $ npm install

3. Finally, run the plook service:

   $ npm start

4. In the case you're developing Plook, test your modifications with:

   $ npm test

The service will run in the port 3000 by default, but you can easily override this by setting a PORT env var.

Publishing your own Plook instance

If you want to, you are free to run your own Plook instance. However, we just require that you inform us about it if this instance is going to be public in the internet.
If you are willing to do so, please get in touch via hello [at] injoin.io.

License

Copyright (c) 2014 InJoin Team Licensed under the Apache License.