Convert the REST pastebin example to a release

examples/rest_pastebin/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PROJECT = rest_pastebin
+
+DEPS = cowboy
+dep_cowboy = pkg://cowboy master
+
+.PHONY: release clean-release
+
+release: clean-release all
+	relx
+
+clean-release:
+	rm -rf _rel
+
+include ../../erlang.mk

examples/rest_pastebin/README.md

@@ -1,29 +1,35 @@
-Cowboy Rest Hello World
-=======================
+REST pastebin example
+=====================
 
-To compile this example you need rebar in your PATH.
+To try this example, you need GNU `make`, `git` and
+[relx](https://github.com/erlware/relx) in your PATH.
 
-Type the following command:
-```
-$ rebar get-deps compile
-```
+To build the example, run the following command:
 
-You can then start the Erlang node with the following command:
+``` bash
+$ make
 ```
-./start.sh
+
+To start the release in the foreground:
+
+``` bash
+$ ./_rel/bin/rest_pastebin_example console
 ```
 
-Then run any given command or point your browser to the indicated URL.
+Then point your browser at [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080).
 
-Examples
---------
+Usage
+-----
 
-To upload something to the paste application, you can use curl like:
-```
-<command> | curl -i --data-urlencode paste@- localhost:8080
-```
-or to upload my_file:
+To upload something to the paste application, you can use `curl`:
+
+``` bash
+$ <command> | curl -i --data-urlencode paste@- localhost:8080
 ```
+
+Or, to upload the file `my_file`:
+
+``` bash
 curl -i --data-urlencode paste@my_file localhost:8080
 ```
 
@@ -33,20 +39,23 @@ the form.
 
 Code that has been pasted can be highlighted with ?lang=<language> option if
 you have [highlight](http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/highlight.html)
-installed (although pygments or any other should work just fine). For example:
-```
+installed (although `pygments` or any other should work just fine).
+
+This will show the contents of the HTML file:
+
+``` bash
 curl -i --data-urlencode paste@priv/index.html localhost:8080
 curl <url from location header>
 ```
 
-Will show the text of the html file. If your terminal supports color
-sequences and highlight is installed:
-```
+If your terminal supports color sequences and `highlight` is installed,
+the following command will show the same contents but with HTML syntax
+highlighting.
+
+``` bash
 curl <url from location header>?lang=html
 ```
 
-Will show a syntax highlighted version of the source file. If you open the
-same URL in your web browser and your web browser tells cowboy that it prefers
-html files, you will see the file highlighted with html/css markup. Firefox is
-known to work.
-
+If you open the same URL in your web browser and your web browser tells
+Cowboy that it prefers HTML files, you will see the file highlighted
+with special HTML markup and CSS. Firefox is known to work.

examples/rest_pastebin/rebar.config

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{deps, [
-	{cowboy, ".*",
-		{git, "git://github.com/extend/cowboy.git", "master"}}
-]}.

examples/rest_pastebin/relx.config

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{release, {rest_pastebin_example, "1"}, [rest_pastebin]}.
+{extended_start_script, true}.

examples/rest_pastebin/src/rest_pastebin.erl

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-%% Feel free to use, reuse and abuse the code in this file.
-
--module(rest_pastebin).
-
-%% API.
--export([start/0]).
-
-%% API.
-
-start() ->
-	ok = application:start(crypto),
-	ok = application:start(cowlib),
-	ok = application:start(ranch),
-	ok = application:start(cowboy),
-	ok = application:start(rest_pastebin).

examples/rest_pastebin/src/toppage_handler.erl

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 %% @doc Pastebin handler.
 -module(toppage_handler).
 
-%% REST Callbacks
+%% Standard callbacks.
 -export([init/3]).
 -export([allowed_methods/2]).
 -export([content_types_provided/2]).
 -export([content_types_accepted/2]).
 -export([resource_exists/2]).
 
-%% Callback Callbacks
+%% Custom callbacks.
 -export([create_paste/2]).
 -export([paste_html/2]).
 -export([paste_text/2]).
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ read_file(Name) ->
 	Binary.
 
 full_path(Name) ->
-	{ok, Cwd} = file:get_cwd(),
-	filename:join([Cwd, "priv", Name]).
+	filename:join([code:priv_dir(rest_pastebin), Name]).
 
 file_exists(Name) ->
 	case file:read_file_info(full_path(Name)) of

examples/rest_pastebin/start.sh

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-erl -pa ebin deps/*/ebin -s rest_pastebin \
-	-eval "io:format(\"Upload: echo foo | curl -i --data-urlencode paste@- localhost:8080~n\")." \
-	-eval "io:format(\"Get: curl <value of the location header>~n\")." \
-	-eval "io:format(\"Get with highlighting: curl <location>?lang=<language>~n\")." \
-	-eval "io:format(\"To get html, point your browser to http://localhost:8080~n\")."