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+/*
+ * serving captchas
+ */
+
+import process from 'process';
+import http  from 'http';
+import ppfunCaptcha from 'ppfun-captcha';
+
+/*
+const [
+  PORT,
+  REDIS_URL,
+] = process.argv.slice(2);
+*/
+const PORT = 7000;
+
+const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+  const captcha = ppfunCaptcha.create();
+  console.log(`Serving ${captcha.text} to ${req.headers['x-real-ip']}`);
+  res.writeHead(200, {
+    'Content-Type': 'text/html',
+    'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
+  });
+  res.write(captcha.data);
+  res.end();
+});
+
+server.listen(port, () => {
+  console.log(`Captcha Server listening on port ${port}`);
+});