commit ada7b57ccbb2fef93086a5c11201dfedb8c10988
Author: Jordan Orelli <jordanorelli@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Oct 30 09:51:16 2015 -0400

    yeah this is a thing

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..139e536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	// "github.com/jordanorelli/moon"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var options struct {
+	host string
+	port int
+}
+
+type repl struct {
+	in   io.Reader // reader of user input (stdin)
+	out1 io.Writer // writer of evaluated queries (stdout)
+	out2 io.Writer // writer of errors (stderr)
+	host string
+	port int
+
+	br *bufio.Reader
+}
+
+func (r *repl) run() {
+	r.br = bufio.NewReader(r.in)
+	client := new(http.Client)
+	var body bytes.Buffer
+	for {
+		// read url line
+		line, err := r.br.ReadBytes('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			r.errorf("error reading line: %v", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		verb, url_b, err := splitUrlLine(line)
+		if err != nil {
+			r.errorf("bad url line: %v", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		url := strings.TrimPrefix(string(url_b), "/")
+
+		// read body
+		if err := r.readBody(&body); err != nil {
+			r.errorf("%v", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// compose http request
+		fqurl := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d/%s", r.host, r.port, url)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest(verb, fqurl, &body)
+		if err != nil {
+			r.errorf("unable to create http request: %v", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		res, err := client.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			r.errorf("error sending http request: %v", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		r.dumpResponse(res)
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *repl) readBody(body *bytes.Buffer) error {
+	body.Reset()
+	for {
+		line, err := r.br.ReadBytes('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error reading body: %v", err)
+		}
+		if len(bytes.TrimSpace(line)) == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if _, err := body.Write(line); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error building body: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *repl) dumpResponse(res *http.Response) {
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+
+	var w io.Writer
+	if res.StatusCode < 200 || res.StatusCode > 299 {
+		w = r.out2
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Status: %d\n", res.StatusCode)
+	} else {
+		w = r.out1
+	}
+
+	io.Copy(w, res.Body)
+	w.Write([]byte("\n"))
+}
+
+func (r *repl) errorf(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(msg, "\n") {
+		msg += "\n"
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(r.out2, msg, args...)
+}
+
+func splitUrlLine(line []byte) (string, []byte, error) {
+	parts := bytes.SplitN(line, []byte{' '}, 2)
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("wrong number of url line parts. found %d, expected 2", len(parts))
+	}
+	verb_b, url_b := parts[0], parts[1]
+
+	verb := strings.ToLower(string(verb_b))
+	switch verb {
+	case "get", "post", "put", "delete":
+	default:
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("illegal verb: %s", verb)
+	}
+
+	return verb, bytes.TrimSpace(url_b), nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+	r := repl{
+		in:   os.Stdin,
+		out1: os.Stdout,
+		out2: os.Stderr,
+		host: options.host,
+		port: options.port,
+	}
+	r.run()
+}
+
+func init() {
+	flag.StringVar(&options.host, "host", "localhost", "ES host")
+	flag.IntVar(&options.port, "port", 9200, "ES port")
+}