Services¶

Web servers and other standalone services run with Clojure CLI

:service/http - serve files from current directory or specified directory and port. More options at kachayev/nasus project.

Command	Description
`clojure -M:service/http`	HTTP file server for current directory on port 8000
`clojure -M:service/http 8888`	as above with PORT specified to 8888
`clojure -M:service/http 8888 --dir docs`	as above with PORT 8888 and doc directory

Use Ctrl-c to stop the server when running in the foreground

Databases and drivers¶

Databases and drivers, typically for development time inclusion such as embedded databases

:database/h2 - H2 embedded database library and next.jdbc

clojure -M:database/h2 - run a REPL with an embedded H2 database and next.jdbc libraries

Use the aliases with either -M or -X flags on the Clojure command line.

Community activities¶

The Clojurians Zulip CLI provides a simple way to register community events.

:community/zulip-event create an event on the Clojurians Zulip community

Set an environment variable called ZULIP_AUTH to your account email, followed by the account token (see Account & privacy), e.g.

your@email.com:493u984u3249834uo4u

Create an event using the following command

Show help and options

clojure -M:community/zulip-event create -h

Announce an meetup.com event (you'll be asked for confirmation before posting)

clojure -M:community/zulip-event create --zulip-auth "${ZULIP_AUTH}" --url https://www.meetup.com/some-group/events/123/

Full example

clojure -M:community/zulip-event create --zulip-auth "${ZULIP_AUTH}" \
--title 'Practicalli Live - Exercism.io challenges' \
--start '2020-11-14T09:00+00:00' \
--duration 1 \
--url https://youtu.be/Z5C7X1UN8yo \
--description 'Walking through solutions to the Exercism.io challenges'

Take care to get the timezone notation correct.