From df4516ce957c4ee49391f98941239df47c9c4d49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Allen Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:08:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- services/clsi/README.md | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/services/clsi/README.md b/services/clsi/README.md index 0e3342fd7d..c29ec947b7 100644 --- a/services/clsi/README.md +++ b/services/clsi/README.md @@ -36,17 +36,51 @@ The CLSI is based on a JSON API. #### Example Request +(Note that valid JSON should not contain any comments like the example below). + + POST /project/ + ```javascript - { - "options": { - "compiler": "lualatex" # Can be latex, pdflatex, xelatex or lualatex - "timeout": 40 # How many seconds to wait before killing the process. Default is 60. - }, - "rootResourcePath": "main.tex", # The main file to run LaTeX on - # An array of files to include in the compilation - "resources": [{ - "path": "main.tex", - "content": "\\documentclass{article}\n\\begin{document}\nHello World\n\\end{document}" - }] +{ + compile: { + "options": { + // Which compiler to use. Can be latex, pdflatex, xelatex or lualatex + "compiler": "lualatex" + // How many seconds to wait before killing the process. Default is 60. + "timeout": 40 + }, + // The main file to run LaTeX on + "rootResourcePath": "main.tex", + // An array of files to include in the compilation. May have either the content + // passed directly, or a URL where it can be downlaoded. + "resources": [{ + "path": "main.tex", + "content": "\\documentclass{article}\n\\begin{document}\nHello World\n\\end{document}" + }, { + "path": "image.png", + "url": "www.example.com/image.png", + "modified": 123456789 // Unix time since epoch + }] } +} +``` + +You can specify any project-id in the URL, and the files and LaTeX environment will be persisted between requests. +URLs will be downloaded and cached until provided with a more recent modified date. + +#### Example Response + +```javascript +{ + "compile": { + "status": "success", + "outputFiles": [{ + "type": "pdf", + "url": "http://localhost:3013/project//output/output.pdf" + }, { + "type": "log", + "url": "http://localhost:3013/project//output/output.log" + }] + } +} ```