# HG changeset patch
# User Atul Varma <varmaa@toolness.com>
# Date 1245957643 25200
# Node ID a98e6a1144a96d0169c5360e58a5f3d01c96a868
# Parent  c0d5fa0d3b9f303dead293ecb62d875301ec8c30
Added some basic help info to the memory profiling server.

diff -r c0d5fa0d3b9f -r a98e6a1144a9 memory_profiler_server.js
--- a/memory_profiler_server.js	Thu Jun 25 12:13:22 2009 -0700
+++ b/memory_profiler_server.js	Thu Jun 25 12:20:43 2009 -0700
@@ -3,9 +3,19 @@
 
 var socket = new ServerSocket();
 
+var IP = "127.0.0.1";
 var PORT = 8080;
+var BASE_URL = "http://" + IP + ":" + PORT;
+var HELP = [
+  "REST API methods available:",
+  "",
+  "  /gc-roots      JSON array of GC root object IDs.",
+  "  /objects/{ID}  JSON metadata about the given object ID.",
+  "  /stop          Stops the server."];
 
-socket.bind("127.0.0.1", PORT);
+HELP = HELP.join("\r\n");
+
+socket.bind(IP, PORT);
 socket.listen();
 
 var NEWLINE = "\r\n";
@@ -23,7 +33,8 @@
   }
 }
 
-print("Waiting for requests on port " + PORT + ".");
+print("Waiting for requests at " + BASE_URL + ".\n");
+print(HELP);
 
 function processRequest(socket) {
   var conn = socket.accept();
@@ -45,6 +56,9 @@
     // but Firefox doesn't let us browse a webserver this way, which is
     // annoying, so we're just leaving it at text/plain for now.
 
+    if (path == "/")
+      toSend = HELP;
+    
     if (path == "/gc-roots")
       toSend = JSON.stringify(getGCRoots());