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	1	CAUTION: DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE
	2
	3	The `cube-cotillion` library is a heavily Scotty-inspired framework
	4	for writing services over SSH.
	5
	6	# Example
	7
	8	This example allows anyone to authenticate, and responds to two
	9	commands, `greet` and `greet [name]`, with a short greeting.
	10
	11	~~~.haskell
	12	{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
	13
	14	module Main where
	15
	16	import Data.Monoid (mconcat)
	17	import Network.CubeCotillion
	18
	19	main :: IO ()
	20	main = do
	21	key <- loadKey "server-keys"
	22	cubeCotillion 8080 key $ do
	23	cmd "greet" $ do
	24	bs "Hello, world!\n"
	25	cmd "greet :name" $ do
	26	name <- param "name"
	27	bs $ mconcat ["Hello, ", name, "!\n"]
	28	~~~
	29
	30	While running this service on localhost, we can connect to and
	31	use it like so:
	32
	33	~~~
	34	[gdritter@mu ~]$ ssh -p 8080 localhost greet
	35	Hello, world!
	36	[gdritter@mu ~]$ ssh -p 8080 localhost greet Eberhardt
	37	Hello, Eberhardt!
	38	~~~
	39
	40	# Why?
	41
	42	HTTP is often used as a protocol for exposing certain kinds of
	43	services, but HTTP also lacks certain kinds of built-in features,
	44	which are often reimplemented in various different ways: for
	45	example, connection multiplexing, compression of conveyed
	46	information, and user authentication and identity. All of these
	47	are features trivially supported by the SSH protocol already.
	48	Additionally, tools for working with SSH are ubiquitous, and
	49	developers often already have existing SSH identities.
	50
	51	That doesn't necessarily mean that SSH is a great protocol to
	52	use to build services on top of. I frankly don't _know_ if
	53	that would be a good idea or not! That's why `cube-cotillion`
	54	exists: to experiment with building these kinds of services
	55	in a quick and easy way.
	56
	57	# Why The Name?
	58
	59	The design of the library is heavily inspired by the
	60	lightweight Haskell web frameworks
	61	[Scotty](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/scotty) and
	62	[Spock](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/Spock), both
	63	of which are named after Star Trek Characters. I figured
	64	I should follow suit, and choose the name of one of my
	65	[favorite Star Trip characters, too](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2XOLoeBPEk).