bolt is a command line program written in shell that allows you to create a BO.LT page from a url.
The first step to using bolt is to get your token (Access Token):
- Log into BO.LT (it's free to create an account)
- Go to the API App Settings section on the Settings page.
- Provide an application name (anything will do, for example my-bolt)
- Save your application
- Click Generate an access token for your App
BO.LT is a Page Sharing Service.
When you put a page on BO.LT it is copied along with its assets onto our servers and deployed to our edge network.
A page on the BO.LT network is referred to as a bolt
A bolt:
- Can be easily shared on a number of networks (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
- Can have a descriptive URL, that people will notice (e.g. http://usain.bo.lt/vs-kanye)
- Allows you to add your comment on the page itself (so even if it's re-tweeted your comments aren't lost)
- Allows you to automatically put your identity and link back to your site on the page
- Supports an intuitive in-browser editor that can modify the live page.
- Doesn't change when the original site changes its page.
- Is fast as it runs on an edge network
- Will appear in your showcase of bolts as well as other showcases on BO.LT (e.g. Reddit Feed)
- Has segmented view metrics
- Can be setup to automatically integrate your metrics provider
Documentation on the BO.LT api can be found here