# getwtxt [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/getwtxt/getwtxt)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/getwtxt/getwtxt) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/getwtxt/getwtxt.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/getwtxt/getwtxt) twtxt registry written in Go! twtxt is a decentralized microblogging platform "for hackers" based on text files. The user is "followed" and "mentioned" by referencing the URL to their `twtxt.txt` (or other text) file and a (not necessarily unique) nickname. Registries are designed to aggregate several users' statuses into a single location, facilitating the discovery of new users to follow and allowing the search of statuses for tags and key words. Until now, there has primarily been a single registry application available for enthusiasts to use to run their own `twtxt` registry. Why not add some diversity to the landscape? \[ [Installation](#installation) \] \[ [Configuration](#configuration) \] \[ [Using the Registry](#using-the-registry) \] \[ [Benchmarks](#benchmarks) \] \[ [Notes](#notes) \] ## Features * Easy to set up and maintain. * Uses an in-memory cache to serve requests. * Pushes to `LevelDB` at a configurable interval for data storage. * Run directly facing the internet or behind `Caddy` / `nginx`. A public instance is currently available: * [twtxt.tilde.institute](https://twtxt.tilde.institute) ## Installation First, fetch the sources using either the `go` tool or using `git` (if you haven't set up a `go` development environment and just want to try it out) and jump into the directory. ``` $ go get github.com/getwtxt/getwtxt ... $ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/getwtxt/getwtxt ``` ``` $ git clone git://github.com/getwtxt/getwtxt.git ... $ cd getwtxt ``` Optionally, use the `go` tool to test and benchmark it: ``` $ go test -v -bench . -benchmem ``` Use the `go` tool to build: ``` $ go build -v ``` ## Configuration \[ [Proxying](#proxying) \] \[ [Starting getwtxt](#starting-getwtxt) \] To configure `getwtxt`, you'll first need to open `getwtxt.yml` in your favorite editor and modify any values necessary. There are comments in the file explaining each option. Additionally, you may run `getwtxt` with the `-m` flag for a short configuration manual. ``` $ ./getwtxt -m | less ``` If you desire, you may additionally modify the template in `assets/tmpl/index.html` to customize the page users will see when they pull up your registry instance in a web browser. The values in the configuration file under `Instance:` are used to replace text `{{.Like This}}` in the template. ### Proxying Though `getwtxt` will run perfectly fine facing the internet directly, it does not understand virtual hosts, nor does it use TLS (yet). You'll probably want to proxy it behind `Caddy` or `nginx` for this reason. `Caddy` is ludicrously easy to set up, and automatically handles `TLS` certificates. Here's the config: ```caddyfile twtxt.example.com proxy / example.com:9001 ``` If you're using `nginx`, here's a skeleton config to get you started: ```nginx server { server_name twtxt.example.com; listen [::]:443 ssl http2; listen 0.0.0.0:443 ssl http2; ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/twtxt.example.com/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/twtxt.example.com/privkey.pem; include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; location / { proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr; proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9010; } } server { if ($host = twtxt.example.com) { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } listen 80; server_name twtxt.example.com; return 404; } ``` ### Starting `getwtxt` Once you've customized the configuration, start it within a `tmux` session (or `screen` works) and detach. If you're using a configuration file not in one of the expected locations or with a non-default name, start `getwtxt` like this: ``` $ ./getwtxt -c /path/to/configuration/file.yml ``` Otherwise, just: ``` $ ./getwtxt ``` ## Using the Registry The following examples will all apply to using `curl` from a `Linux`, `BSD`, or `macOS` terminal. All timestamps are in `RFC3339` format, per the twtxt registry specification ### Adding a User Both nickname and URL are required ``` $ curl -X POST 'https://twtxt.example.com/api/plain/users?url=https://mysite.ext/twtxt.txt&nickname=FooBarringtonJr' 200 OK ``` ### Fetch All Statuses ``` $ curl 'https://twtxt.example.com/api/plain/tweets' foo_barrington https://foo.barrington.ext/twtxt.txt 2019-03-01T09:31:02.000Z Hey everybody! It's my first status! ... ... ``` ### Fetch All Users Timestamp for when they were added to the registry. ``` $ curl 'https://twtxt.example.com/api/plain/users' foo_barrington https://foo.barrington.ext/twtxt.txt 2017-01-01T09:17:02.000Z foo_barrington_jr https://example.com/twtxt.txt 2019-03-01T09:31:02.000Z ... ... ``` ### Query Users Can use either keyword or URL. ``` $ curl 'https://twtxt.example.com/api/plain/users?url=https://example.com/twtxt.txt' foo https://example.com/twtxt.txt 2019-05-09T08:42:23.000Z $ curl 'https://twtxt.example.com/api/plain/users?q=foo' foo https://example.com/twtxt.txt 2019-05-09T08:42:23.000Z foobar https://example2.com/twtxt.txt 2019-03-14T19:23:00.000Z foo_barrington https://example3.com/twtxt.txt 2019-05-01T15:59:39.000Z ``` ### Query by Tag ``` $ curl 'https://twtxt.example.com/api/plain/tags/programming' foo https://example.com/twtxt.txt 2019-03-01T09:31:02.000Z I love #programming! ``` ### Query Tweets by Keyword ``` $ curl 'https://twtxt.example.com/api/plain/tweets?q=getwtxt' foo_barrington https://example3.com/twtxt.txt 2019-04-30T06:00:09.000Z I just built getwtxt, time to set it up! ``` ## Benchmarks * [bombardier](https://github.com/codesenberg/bombardier) ``` $ bombardier -c 100 -n 200000 http://localhost:9001/api/plain/tweets Bombarding http://localhost:9001/api/plain/tweets with 200000 request(s) using 100 connection(s) 200000 / 200000 [==============================================================================] 100.00% 15100/s 13s Done! Statistics Avg Stdev Max Reqs/sec 15249.12 3526.87 25047.46 Latency 6.56ms 2.93ms 64.54ms HTTP codes: 1xx - 0, 2xx - 200000, 3xx - 0, 4xx - 0, 5xx - 0 others - 0 Throughput: 7.83MB/s ``` ## Notes twtxt Information * [twtxt.readthedocs.io](https://twtxt.readthedocs.io) Registry Specification * [twtxt.readthedocs.io/.../registry.html](https://twtxt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/registry.html)