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README.md

@@ -2,20 +2,42 @@
 
 ArchiveBox [doesn't have a web API](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/496) yet. This is shitty single-endpoint API to automate page archiving. It uses subprocess to run archivebox CLI. archivebox CLI runs in new thread to avoid blocking main thread.
 
-# Install and run
+# Deployment
 
-Install dependencies:
+You must deploy API to server which ArchieveBox runs.
+
+Make working directory, create virtualenv and install dependencies:
 
 ```
+apt install -y git python3-venv
+mkdir -p /opt/cursed_archievebox_api && cd /opt/cursed_archievebox_api
+python -m venv env
+source env/bin/activate
 pip install bottle gunicorn
+git clone https://git.nxhs.cloud/ge/cursed-archivebox-api.git .
 ```
 
-Start API on server where ArchiveBox container is running. Set actual path to docker-compose.yml.
+Start API. Set actual path to docker-compose.yml:
 
 ```
 ARCHIVEBOX_BIN="docker compose -f /opt/archievebox/docker-compose.yml run archivebox" python cursed_archivebox_api.py
 ```
 
+See also [cursed-archivebox-api.service](cursed-archivebox-api.service).
+
+Install service:
+
+```
+cp cursed-archivebox-api.service /etc/systemd/system
+systemctl enable --now cursed-archivebox-api.service
+```
+
+See logs:
+
+```
+journalctl -u cursed-archivebox-api.service -f
+```
+
 # Environment
 
 | Variable          | Default               |
@@ -33,7 +55,7 @@ Query parameters:
 * `depth`. Archive depth. Default: 0 (current page)
 * `tag`. List of comma separated tags e.g. `my_tag`, `my_tag,another_one`.
 
-Example:
+Example request:
 
 ```
 curl -i 'http://localhost:9998/add?url=https://example.com&depth=0&tag=api,example'

cursed-archivebox-api.service

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Cursed API for ArchiveBox
+After=syslog.target
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Environment=ARCHIVEBOX_BIN="docker compose -f /opt/archivebox/docker-compose.yml run archivebox"
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/cursed_archivebox_api
+ExecStart=/opt/cursed_archivebox_api/env/bin/python cursed_archivebox_api.py
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

cursed_archivebox_api.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def run_bg_task(cmd):
 
 @get('/add')
 def add_to_archive() -> str:
+    response.set_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
     url = request.query.url or None
     depth = request.query.depth or None
     tag = request.query.tag or None