simplifies flag parsing call

README.md

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ For ready-to-use executables (no need to build it yourself) for *Windows* and *L
 | param           | description |
 |-----------------|-------------|
 | `-url`          | **Required.** Set the base url you want to capture |
-| `-port`         | Set the port you want to capture. Default: *9000* |
+| `-port`         | Set the proxy port. Default: *9000* |
 | `-dashboard`    | Set the dashboard name. Default: *dashboard* |
-| `-max-captures` | Set the max number of captures. Default: *16* |
+| `-max-captures` | Set the max number of captures to show in the dashboard. Default: *16* |
 | `-h`            | Show help |
 
 

args.go

@@ -2,26 +2,16 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
-type Args struct {
+func parseFlags() (*url.URL, string, string, int) {
-	url         string
+	target := flag.String("url", "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com", "Required. Set the base url you want to capture")
-	port        string
+	proxyPort := flag.Int("port", 9000, "Set the proxy port")
-	dashboard   string
-	maxCaptures int
-}
-
-func parseArgs() Args {
-	proxyURL := flag.String("url", "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com", "Required. Set the base url you want to capture")
-	proxyPort := flag.Int("port", 9000, "Set the port you want to capture")
-	maxCaptures := flag.Int("max-captures", 16, "Set the max number of captures")
 	dashboard := flag.String("dashboard", "dashboard", "Set the dashboard name")
+	maxCaptures := flag.Int("max-captures", 16, "Set the max number of captures to show in the dashboard")
 	flag.Parse()
-	return Args{
+	targetURL, _ := url.Parse(*target)
-		url:         *proxyURL,
+	return targetURL, strconv.Itoa(*proxyPort), *dashboard, *maxCaptures
-		port:        strconv.Itoa(*proxyPort),
-		dashboard:   *dashboard,
-		maxCaptures: *maxCaptures,
-	}
 }

main.go

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
-	"net/url"
 )
 
 type Capture map[string]interface{}
@@ -20,17 +19,16 @@ type Transport struct {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	args := parseArgs()
+	targetURL, proxyPort, dashboard, maxCaptrs := parseFlags()
-	maxCaptures = args.maxCaptures
+	maxCaptures = maxCaptrs
 
-	URL, _ := url.Parse(args.url)
+	proxy := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(targetURL)
-	proxy := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(URL)
 	proxy.Transport = Transport{http.DefaultTransport}
 
 	http.Handle("/", getProxyHandler(proxy))
 	http.Handle("/socket.io/", getSocketHandler())
-	http.Handle("/"+args.dashboard+"/", getDashboardHandler())
+	http.Handle("/"+dashboard+"/", getDashboardHandler())
-	http.ListenAndServe(":"+args.port, nil)
+	http.ListenAndServe(":"+proxyPort, nil)
 }
 
 func getProxyHandler(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {