hobby

A simple HTTP web framework for Pony, inspired by Jennet and powered by Stallion.

Status

hobby is beta quality software that will change frequently. Expect breaking changes. That said, you should feel comfortable using it in your projects.

Installation

• Install corral
• corral add github.com/ponylang/hobby.git --version 0.3.0
• corral fetch to fetch your dependencies
• use "hobby" to include this package
• corral run -- ponyc to compile your application

Usage

use hobby = "hobby"
use stallion = "stallion"
use lori = "lori"

actor Main
  new create(env: Env) =>
    let auth = lori.TCPListenAuth(env.root)
    hobby.Application
      .>get("/", {(ctx) =>
        hobby.RequestHandler(consume ctx)
          .respond(stallion.StatusOK, "Hello!")
      } val)
      .>get("/greet/:name", {(ctx) =>
        let handler = hobby.RequestHandler(consume ctx)
        try
          let name = handler.param("name")?
          handler.respond(stallion.StatusOK, "Hello, " + name + "!")
        else
          handler.respond(stallion.StatusBadRequest, "Bad Request")
        end
      } val)
      .serve(auth, stallion.ServerConfig("localhost", "8080"), env.out)

See the examples directory for more, including middleware usage. For a detailed walkthrough, read the Writing Middleware guide.

API Documentation

https://ponylang.github.io/hobby