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diff --git a/angelsharkd/src/routes/extensions/README.md b/angelsharkd/src/routes/extensions/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b9192fe --- /dev/null +++ b/angelsharkd/src/routes/extensions/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# Angelshark Daemon Extensions + +This module aims to provide a simple way of extending Angelshark's basic functionality (running commands on the ACM) with additional HTTP endpoints that run one or more commands to achieve a basic business task. + +For example, say you would like you, other users, or your own software to quickly search all extension-types for a keyword. This functionality is not in the base `angelsharkd`, but it can be easily implemented with the following steps: + +1. Accept a keyword from the client's request +1. Download extension-type data from one or more ACMs +1. Filter out extensions that do not match a given keyword +1. Return the remaining, matching extensions to the client + +This functionality may not be desirable for all end users, and therefor is completely opt-in with feature flags. At compile time, you can add `--features simple_search` to enable a given extension called `simple_search`, for example. |