go-pingbot/README.md

# [Pingbot](https://pingbot.cf/) - Backend

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This application "pings" websites every few minutes (to be set in config). It can be used to keep the application alive on e.g. [glitch.me](https://glitch.com/) or [repl.it](https://replit.com/).

## ⚡ Install Pre-Compile binary

* 💻 Linux amd64
  * [Download](https://github.com/MedzikUser/go-pingbot/releases) latest version
  * Unpack file `tar xf pingbot_*_linux_amd64.tar.xz`
  * Done your binary is `pingbot.out`

## 👨‍💻 Compile from Source Code
‼️ Not recommended because automatic updates don't work

### 🖥️ Requirements

* [Go](https://golang.org/dl) (recommended latest version)

### ⭐ Compile

* Download source code `git clone https://github.com/MedzikUser/go-pingbot.git --depth 1`
* Go to folder with source code `cd go-pingbot`
* Download dependencies `go mod tidy`
* Build `go build -o pingbot.out`
* Done your compined binary is `pingbot.out`

## ⚙️ Configurate

* Complete .env according to schema.env
* And fill in config.toml according to config.schema.toml

## 🔧 Run

* `./pingbot.out` or `./start.sh` (auto restart e.g. if exit on update is enabled)