basic skeleton

main.go

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+package main
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func runner(command string, args... string) string{
+	cmd, err := exec.Command(command, args...).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		if ! strings.Contains(err.Error(), "1") {	// dont exit if error code is 1
+			log.Fatal(command, args, "caused an error: ", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return string(cmd)
+}
+
+func showhelp(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "placeholder")
+}
+
+func ping(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	geturl := strings.Split(req.URL.String(), "/")
+	target := geturl[2]
+	pingres := runner("ping", "-c5", target)
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, pingres)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	http.HandleFunc("/ping/", ping)
+	http.HandleFunc("/", showhelp)
+	fmt.Println("Serving on :8000")
+	http.ListenAndServe(":8000", nil)
+}