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**Kapow!** If you can script it, you can HTTP it.
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# CAVEAT EMPTOR
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**Warning!!! Kapow!** is under **heavy development** and [specification](/spec/);
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the provided code is a Proof of Concept and the final version will not even
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share programming language. Ye be warned.
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## How was born
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Some awesome history is coming.
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# Kapow! for the impatient
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When you need to **share** a `command` but **not** a complete remote `ssh
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access`, Kapow! will help you by the power of HTTP:
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Kapow! allows you to write a litte script that will **serve an executable as REST
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service**. This script will let you define how to connect HTTP and the Shell
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using Kapow!'s shell abstractions to the HTTP world. See it to believe:
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## Superpowers
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Kapow! gives you:
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* A very simple way to turn any shell **executable into an API**
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* A **remote administration** API
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* A way to define the integration in you own terms, obligations-free!
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## Curses
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Kapow! can't help when:
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* You need high throughput: Kapow! spawns a new executable for every HTTP call
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* You must perform complex logic to attend the request: never use Kapow! if
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your executables don't perform al least 90% of the hard work
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* You are building a huge application
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## When is your best ally:
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* Easy command + Hard API = Kapow! to the rescue
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* SSH for one command? Kapow! allows you to share only that command
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* Remote instrumentation of several machines? make it easy with Kapow!
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# The more you know
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If you want to know more, please follow our [documentation](/doc).
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