Artserve

artserve - serve up single-file SQLite artbase dbs to query metadata and images with SQL and more

• home :: github.com/pixelartexchange/artbase
• bugs :: github.com/pixelartexchange/artbase/issues
• gem :: rubygems.org/gems/artserve
• rdoc :: rubydoc.info/gems/artserve

Command-Line Tool

Use the command line tool named - surprise, surpirse - artserve to run a zero-config / out-of-the-box artbase server that lets you query entire collections in single sqlite database (metadata & images) with a "serverless" web page. Type:

$ artserve        # defaults to ./artbase.db

That will start-up a (local loopback) web server running on port 3000. Open-up up the index page in your browser to get started e.g. http://localhost:3000/.

That's it.

artbase.db Options

If you pass in a directory to artserve the machinery will look for an artbase.db in the directory e.g.

$ artserve moonbirds    # defaults to ./moonbirds/artbase.db
$ artserve goblintown   # defaults to ./goblintown/artbase.db
# ...

If you pass in a file to artserve the machinery will use the bespoke name & path to look for the sqlite database e.g.

$ artserve punkbase.db
$ artserve moonbirdbase.db
# ...

Install

Just install the gem:

$ gem install artserve

License

The scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

Questions? Comments?

Post them on the D.I.Y. Punk (Pixel) Art reddit. Thanks.