Squabble is a comment server built on Lumen, using a SQLite backend for storing comment data.

It is built for use on http://savaslabs.com although you could easily adapt it for your own site, with a bit of time and server to spare.

cd /path/to/squabble
composer install
touch /path/to/squabble/storage/database.sqlite
php artisan migrate

Important: Your site won't work without a .env file in the root of the repo. Please reference env.example for the contents of the .env file.

cd /path/to/squabble
php artisan serve

The server is now listening at http://localhost:8000

The following routes are defined:

• api/comments - Returns an array of all comments stored on the server
• api/comments/id/{id} - Get a comment by numeric ID
• api/comments/post/{slug} - Get a comment by the URL of the post it's associated with
• api/comments/count - Get an array of comment count per posts
• api/comments/delete/{id}/{token} - Delete a comment by ID, using a unique token for that comment. The token is emailed out when the comment is saved.

The following route is defined:

• api/comments/new - Save a new comment.

Example POST request:

curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -XPOST 'http://localhost:8000/api/comments/new' -d '{
    "name": "Some author",
    "email": "a@b.com",
    "comment": "A comment would go here",
    "slug": "2015/04/27/durham-restaurant-time-machine.html",
    "nocaptcha": "owl"
}'