Minimalistic REST server inspired by express.js

Quick start

extern crate burner;

use burner::{Server, Request, Response, RouterService}; // Import into scope

// Create the server
let mut server = Server::new();

// Create a route controller clojure
let controller = |req: &Request, res: &mut Response| { 
	// Set the HTTP status code to be 200 OK, default is 404
	res.status(200);
};

// Register controller on server to be triggered by a request to path / and method: GET
let path = "/";
server.get(path, Box::new(controller));

// Start the server on port
let PORT = 6789;
server.listen(PORT);

Route params

You can also have dynamic paths with route parameters in the path. To specify a route parameters in the path use a colon followed by the name of the variable, e.g, /users/:userid. The parameter will be available on the request object with: req.route_params.get("userid")

Header variables

Header variables are also available on the request object. Tokens and other meta data are often store here. The parameter will be available on the request object with: req.headers.get("HEADER_KEY")

Request Body

Request Body can be accessed by request.body, e.g: let user_name: &str = req.body['name']

Returning data

res.json(json: &Value) for json data using serde_json::Value or res.send(msg: &str) for sending string messages. res.json and res.send sets the status code to 200 automatically. To override it call res.status(status: u32) after res.send or res.json.

Nested routes

Nested routing is also possible. Router objects acts as building blocks and can be composed together by calling .mount on the parent Router with the child Router. Server extends (rust doesnt support inheritance, but Router and Server are implementing the same trait which is kind of similar to interfaces in other languages). So every method on Router is also available on Server. Server will always act as the root router from which all requests will first be directed to. An example app that leverages nested Routers.

extern crate burner;

use burner::{Server, Request, Response, Router, RouterService}; // Import into scope

// Initialize server and routers
let mut server = Server::new();
let mut user_router = Router::new();
let mut post_router = Router::new();

let get_user = |req: &Request, res: &mut Response| {
    println!("Get user controller");
    let user_id = req.route_params.get("userid").unwrap();
    let response = format!("Hello user {}", user_id);
    res.send(&response);
};

let create_user = |req: &Request, res: &mut Response| {
    res.send("Create user controller");
};

user_router
    .get("/:userid", Box::new(get_user)) // Will be accessible at path: /users/:userId
    .post("/", Box::new(create_user)); // Will be accessible at path: /users

let get_post = |req: &Request, res: &mut Response| {
    res.send("Get post controller");
};

let create_post = |req: &Request, res: &mut Response| {
    res.send("Create post controller");
};

post_router
    .get("/:postid", Box::new(get_post)) // Will be accessible at path: /posts/:postId
    .post("/", Box::new(create_post)); // Will be accessible at path: /posts

let user_router_path_prefix = "/users";
let post_router_path_prefix = "/posts";

// Mount routers into server (parent router)
server
    .mount(user_router_path_prefix, user_router)
    .mount(post_router_path_prefix, post_router);
// To create additional nesting just mount other routers on user_router or post_router or some other router

// Start server
let port = 6789;
server.listen(port);

Coming features

• Middleware