Simple netcat HTTP server (without -c/-e)

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash                                                                                                            
set -e

function run_handler {
  : # whatever
}

while :; do
       rm -f pipe
       mkfifo pipe
       cat pipe | nc -l 8888 | (
               set +e
               read
               echo -n 'running handler... '
               result=$(run_handler 2>&1)
               if [[ "$?" -eq 0 ]]; then
                       echo 'OK'
                       {
                               echo 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK'
                               echo 'Connection: Close'
                       } &> pipe
               else
                       echo 'FAIL'
                       echo "$result"
                       {
                               echo 'HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error'
                               echo 'Connection: Close'
                       } &> pipe
               fi
       )
done

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