cobol.run

April 30, 2017 · View on GitHub

Run serverless COBOL programs on OpenWhisk. Built with Trails.js and Node.

Usage

The user sends a POST request containing COBOL source code, and receives as a response the result of the execution of the program.

Example

Request: POST /compileAndRun

{
  "options": {
    "dialect": "cobol2014"
  },
  "source": "identification division. program-id. hello. procedure division. display \"hello world\"."
}

Response:

{
  "code": 0,
  "output": "hello world"
}

API

`POST` payload

field	type	description	required
`source`	`String`	the COBOL source to compile and run	yes
`files`	`Array (File)`	List of files required by the cobol program	no
`args`	`Array (String)`	List of arguments to pass into the cobol program at runtime	no
`options`	`Object`	List of custom gnucobol compiler flags	no

`File`

The files array contains File objects.

field	type	description	required
`name`	`String`	Name of the file	yes
`data`	`String`	Contents of the file	yes

`options.dialect`

Supported COBOL dialects

dialect	description
`cobol2014`	Cobol 2014 Dialect
`cobol2002`	Cobol 2002 Dialect
`cobol85`	Cobol 85 Dialect
`ibm`	IBM Dialect
`mvs`	MVS Dialect
`bs2000`	BS2000 Dialect
`mf`	MicroFocus Dialect
`acu`	ACUCOBOL Dialect

Resources

License

MIT