Merge pull request #2 from tblanarik/make-urls-config

Make the target and destination URLs configurable

Author: tblanarik

README.md

@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ Spotbot is a simple webserver that listens for HTTP POST requests and forwards t
 
 To run the webserver, execute the following command:
 ```sh
-python spotbot.py
+TARGET_URL=<target_url> DESTINATION_URL=<destination_url> python spotbot.py
 ```
 
-The webserver will start and listen on port 5000.
+Replace `<target_url>` with the actual target URL and `<destination_url>` with the desired port number for the Flask app. If `DESTINATION_URL` is not set, the default port will be 5000.
 
 ## Sending a POST Request to the `/forward` Endpoint
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ To run the webserver using Docker, follow these steps:
 
 2. Run the Docker container:
    ```sh
-   docker run -p 5000:5000 spotbot
+   docker run -p 5000:5000 -e TARGET_URL=<target_url> -e DESTINATION_URL=<destination_url> spotbot
    ```
 
-The webserver will start and listen on port 5000 inside the Docker container.
+Replace `<target_url>` with the actual target URL and `<destination_url>` with the desired port number for the Flask app. If `DESTINATION_URL` is not set, the default port will be 5000.

spotbot.py

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 from flask import Flask, request
 import requests
+import os
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 @app.route('/forward', methods=['POST'])
 def forward():
     content = request.get_json()
-    target_url = 'http://example.com/target'  # Replace with the actual target URL
+    target_url = os.getenv('TARGET_URL')  # Replace with the actual target URL
+    if not target_url:
+        return "Error: TARGET_URL environment variable is not set.", 500
     response = requests.post(target_url, json=content)
     return response.text, response.status_code
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app.run(port=5000)
+    app.run(port=os.getenv('DESTINATION_URL', 5000))