Introduce debug flag.

main.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"mchess_server/api"
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"mchess_server/usher"
 	"mchess_server/utils"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
@@ -25,19 +25,22 @@ var key_file = cert_path + "privkey.pem"
 var mut sync.Mutex
 
 func main() {
-	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+	var debugMode bool
+
+	debugModeLong := flag.Bool("debug", false, "activates debug mode")
+	debugModeShort := flag.Bool("d", false, "activates debug mode")
+	flag.Parse()
+	if *debugModeShort || *debugModeLong {
+		debugMode = true
 	}
 
 	router := gin.Default()
-
 	router.GET("/api/random", registerForRandomGame)
 	router.GET("/api/hostPrivate", hostPrivateGame)
 	router.POST("/api/joinPrivate", joinPrivateGame)
 	router.GET("/api/ws", registerWebSocketConnection)
 
-	if hostname == "mbook" {
+	if debugMode {
 		log.Println("Starting service WITHOUT TLS")
 		log.Fatal(router.Run("localhost:8080"))
 	} else {