# Message server ## Running ### Starting servers Server ID (`SERVER_ID`) and remote servers (`SERVERS`) are provided as environment variables. #### Server 1 ```bash SERVER_ID=1 SERVERS="2:localhost:4001" PORT=4000 mix run --no-halt ``` #### Server 2 ```bash SERVER_ID=2 SERVERS="1:localhost:4000" PORT=4001 mix run --no-halt ``` ### Sending messages #### From Server 1 ```curl curl -X POST http://localhost:4000/api/messages -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"from": "1-bender", "to": "1-zoidberg", "message": "Dreams are where elves and gnomes live!"}' ``` ```curl curl -X POST http://localhost:4000/api/messages -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"from": "1-bender", "to": "2-nibbler", "message": "Bite my shiny metal ass!"}' ``` #### From Server 2 ```curl curl -X POST http://localhost:4001/api/messages -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"from": "2-nibbler", "to": "1-bender", "message": "I am Nibbler, agent of the Nibblonian fleet."}' ```